عَلِمْتَyou knew in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سَعِيدٍ أَمَّا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَا أَخَافُ مِنَ الْعَصَا وَلَا مِنَ الأَسْلِحَةِ

  So he said to me, "O Abu Sa'id, did you not know that I do not fear the stick or the weapons?"

  عَلِمْتَ — you knew. A past-tense verb of knowing carrying a 'you' suffix as its subject, 'you knew'. Paired with the rhetorical opener it builds 'did you not know', a prod rather than a real inquiry. It leads into the 'that...' clause stating what should have been known.

  From: Seeking Refuge from the Devil →

• أَتَراكَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ بِعَوَاقِبِهِ؟

  Do you think you did not know that the matter has its consequences?!

  عَلِمْتَ — you knew. A past-tense verb with the suffix '-ta' marking a 'you' (masculine) doer, so 'you knew' is one word. Negated before it, it forms 'you did not know', the thing the rhetorical question challenges.

  From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →