يَسْأَلَto ask / request

Example sentences

• تَأْمُرُ بِهِ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَ مِنْ عِنْدَهَا

  She instructs him about it until he asks from her.

  يَسْأَلَ — he asks. A present-tense verb with a built-in 'he' subject, sitting in the subjunctive shape because the 'until' particle before it demands it. The subjunctive ending signals this is the end-point being worked toward, 'until he should ask', not something already happening. So the form itself marks it as the aimed-at result.

  From: Mothers and the Companions →

• وَكَرِهَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُ بَعْضُ اللَّيْلِ،

  He was reluctant to ask about him until part of the night had passed.

  يَسْأَلَ — ask. The verb is in its subjunctive shape, and the trigger is the 'to' particle just before it. After that particle Arabic drops the plain present ending, which is how a listener knows the asking is the thing being weighed, not something done.

  From: A Stranger Finds the Prophet →