Arabic vocabulary
How to say “want” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
إذا أردتَ ذِكرًا يغيِّرُ يومَك فلا تكتفِ بصوتٍ بلا معنى
If you want a remembrance that transforms your day, do not settle for a sound without meaning.
أَرَدْتَ — you wanted. Past 'you wanted', with '-ta' marking 'you' (one male listener). In an 'idha' clause the past form reads as present or future — 'if you want'. So the ending tells you exactly who is addressed.
From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →وإن أراد سرقة شيء منه، فماذا يسرق؟،
And if he wanted to steal something from it, what could he steal?!
أَرَادَ — he wanted. Past-tense verb 'willed / wanted', subject 'he' inside, the verb of the condition. It frames a hypothetical wish to steal.
From: Repelling the Devil →فأراد أن يداويه،
so he wanted to treat it,
فأراد — so he wanted. The connector 'so' fused to a past-tense verb, 'wanted', carrying its own 'he' subject, Joha. It moves the story to his reaction to the illness.
From: Reflections on Literal Obedience →OpenArabic teaches words like أراد through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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