لِمَاذَا why in Arabic
لِمَاذَا is how you say “why” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
قال فلماذا مت حمارتي؟
He said, 'Then why did my donkey die?'
فَلِمَاذَا then why
A question-word, 'why', built from the connector 'then' plus 'for what'. It asks the cause and ties the question to the exchange just had.
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More example sentences
فقالوا له لماذا دعوت بهذا؟
They asked him: Why did you pray for this?
لِمَاذَا why
A question word 'why', built from li- 'for what' plus the pointing 'that'; it stands at the front of the clause, Arabic's fixed slot for a question, asking the reason.
فقال له البائع لماذا لم تحمله مقلوبًا؟
The seller said to him: Why didn't you carry it upside down?
لِمَاذَا why
A question word 'why', built from li- 'for what' plus 'that'; it sits at the front, the Arabic slot for a question, asking the reason.
وَلِهٰذَا قَالَ فَلِمَاذَا أَخْرَجْتَنَا وَنَفْسِكِ مِنَ الْجَنَّٰةِ؟
And because of this he said, "So why did you expel us and your self from Paradise?"
فَلِمَاذَا so why
This fuses a 'so/then' connector to a question word 'why', opening the quoted question as a consequence of what was just claimed. The 'so' ties the question to the prior reasoning, while 'why' demands the cause behind the expulsion.