Arabic vocabulary
متىwhen
How to say “when” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَمَتَى أَعَانَهَا فَهُوَ شَرِيكُهَا فِي فَسَادِهَا
Whenever he aids it, he becomes a partner in its corruption.
فَمَتَى — so whenever. 'fa-' = 'so'; 'mata' = 'when, whenever'.
From: Taming the Lower Self →مَتى رمت طلبي فاطلبني عنْدك
Whenever you seek Me, then look for Me within yourself.
مَتَى — whenever. A conditional time-word 'whenever / when', setting up a condition whose answer follows. It frames 'whenever you seek Me…'.
From: Remembering and Loving God →
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