Arabic vocabulary
نَشْكُو is how you say “we complain” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
نَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ صُحْبَتَكُمْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
We complain to God about your companionship, Messenger of God.
نَشْكُو — we complain. A present-tense verb, 'we complain', with the 'we' subject in its prefix; the final long vowel marks the plural. No separate 'we' is written. It opens the address to the Messenger that follows.
From: A Spy in the Enemy Camp →فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَنَحْنُ نَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ
So Hudhayfah said, while we were complaining to God.
نَشْكُو — complain. A present-tense verb, 'complain', with the 'we' subject in its prefix; the long final vowel marks the plural. Inside the 'while we' side-clause it describes the ongoing backdrop. The 'we' doer is carried inside the verb.
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