Arabic vocabulary
يَضْطَرُّwas compelled
How to say “was compelled” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
حَتَّى السُّوَيْعَاتِ الَّتِي يَضْطَرُّ فِيهَا لِاسْتِقْبَالِ زَائِرِيهِ،
Even the brief moments when he was compelled to receive his visitors,
يَضْطَرُّ — was compelled. A present-tense verb with its 'he' subject built in, inside the relative clause. It is built on a passive-flavoured pattern of being-forced, so he is the one undergoing the compulsion rather than imposing it. In this past narrative the present reads as a recurring 'was compelled'.
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