كَلَّمَتْspoke

Example sentences

• فَكَلَّمَتْهُ أُمُّ سَلَمَةِ بِمَا قُلْنَا،

  Then Umm Salama spoke to him about what we said.

  فَكَلَّمَتْهُ — then she spoke to him. Two forces in one word: the fa- continues the story with a light 'then', and the past verb carries both its feminine 'she' subject and a 'him' object on its tail. So one word holds the link, the act of speaking, the speaker, and the person spoken to.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• قَالَتْ فَكَلَّّمَتْهُ حِينَ دَارَ إِلَيْهَا أَيْضًا،

  She said, then she spoke to him when he turned toward her again.

  فَكَلَّمَتْهُ — and she spoke to him. Two forces in one word: the fa- continues the story with a light 'then', and the past verb carries both its feminine 'she' subject and a 'him' object on its tail. So one word holds the link, the speaking, the speaker, and the man spoken to.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →

• فَدَارَ إِلْيَهَا فَكَلَّمَتْهُ،

  He turned toward her, and she spoke to him.

  فَكَلَّمَتْهُ — and she spoke to him. Two forces in one word: the fa- continues with a light 'so/and', and the past verb carries both its feminine 'she' subject and a 'him' object on its tail. So one word holds the link, the speaking, the speaker, and the man spoken to.

  From: Wives of the Prophet →