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لِيْ to me in Arabic

لِيْ is how you say “to me” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَقَالَ لِيْ اِجْلِسْ هَا هُنَا

He said to me, 'Sit right here'.

لِي to me

A preposition 'to/for' fused with a 'me' ending. It marks the speaker as the one spoken to, naming the recipient of the saying, the single word covering 'to me'.

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خَطَرَتْ لِيْ فِكْرَةٌ

An idea occurred to me.

لِيْ to me

A preposition of direction ('to') fused with the pronoun 'me', so one word marks the speaker as the person the idea came to. Arabic merges the preposition with its pronoun object, naming the experiencer toward whom the occurring is aimed.

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