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This post deals with conjugation of verbs that have a medial vowel (ا). They are called hollow verbs (الفعل الأجوف), e.g. (نام) ‘slept’, (باع) ‘sold’, (قام) ‘got up’, etc. In the past tense, the medial vowel disappears with some pronouns, i.e. first and second person pronouns in addition to the third person feminine plural pronoun. The examples below give examples of three verbs conjugated in the past.
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قام
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باع
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نام
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قُمتُ
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بِعتُ
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نَمتُ
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أنا
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قُمتَ
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بِعتَ
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نَمتَ
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أنتَ
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قُمتِ
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بِعتِ
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نَمتِ
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أنتِ
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قام
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باع
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نام
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هو
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قامت
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باعت
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نامت
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هي
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قاما
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باعا
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ناما
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هما m
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قامتا
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باعتا
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نامتا
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هما (f)
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قُمنا
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بِعنا
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نَمنا
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نحن
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قُمتما
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بِعتما
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نَمتما
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أنتما
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قاموا
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باعوا
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ناموا
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هم
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قُمنَ
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بِعنَ
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نَمنَ
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هنّ
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قُمتنّ
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بِعتنّ
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نَمتنّ
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أنتنّ
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Posted by Aziza
This post deals with conjugation of verbs that have a medial vowel (ا). They are called hollow verbs (الفعل الأجوف), e.g. (نام) ‘slept’, (باع) ‘sold’, (قام) ‘got up’, etc. In the present tense, the medial vowel can change, as it becomes like its root. The three examples below give examples of three verbs that behave differently in the present. It should be noted that the medial vowel has to be deleted when the verb is conjugated with the pronouns (هنّ) and (أنتنّ). The deleted long vowel is replaced by a short vowel.
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قام
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باع
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نام
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أقوم
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أبيع
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أنام
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أنا
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تقوم
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تبيع
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تنام
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أنتَ
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تقومين
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تبيعين
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تنامين
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أنتِ
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يقوم
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يبيع
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ينام
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هو
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تقوم
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تبيع
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تنام
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هي
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يقومان
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يبيعان
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ينامان
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هما m
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تقومان
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تبيعان
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تنامان
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هما f
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نقوم
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نبيع
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ننام
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نحن
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تقومان
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تبيعان
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تنامان
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أنتما
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يقومون
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يبيعون
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ينامون
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هم
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يقمن
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يبعن
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ينمن
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هنّ
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تقُمن
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تبِعن
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تنَمن
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أنتنّ
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This post deals with conjugation of verbs that begin with the vowel (و) - (الفعل المثال الواوي), e.g. (وصل) ‘arrived, (وعد) ‘promised, etc. In the present tense, which usually involves the use of prefixes, the first vowel of the verb is substituted by the prefix, i.e. the vowel which occurs in the beginning of the verb is deleted and the prefix only appears. Please note that this applies only to verbs that begin with (و); verbs that begin with (ي) are different.
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وعد
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وصل
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أعدُ
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أصلُ
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أنا
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تعدُ
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تصلُ
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أنتَ
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تعدين
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تصلين
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أنتِ
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يعدُ
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يصلُ
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هو
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تعدُ
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تصلُ
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هي
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يعدان
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يصلان
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هما m
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تعدان
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تصلان
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هما f
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نعدُ
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نصلُ
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نحن
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تعدان
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تصلان
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أنتما
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يعدون
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يصلون
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هم
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يعدن
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يصلن
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هنّ
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تعدن
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تصلن
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أنتنّ
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Irregular verbs
This post deals with verbs that begin with a vowel (الفعل المثال), e.g. (وصل) ‘arrived, (وعد) ‘promised, (يئس) ‘gave up hope’, etc. In the past tense, they take the same endings like any other verb, this is mainly because past tense verbs are conjugated with suffixes, or endings. Therefore, the beginning of the verbs, i.e. the vowel remains unaffected
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وعد
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وصل
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وعدتُ
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وصلتُ
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أنا
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وعدتَ
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وصلتَ
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أنتَ
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وعدتِ
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وصلتِ
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أنتِ
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وعد
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وصل
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هو
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وعدت
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وصلت
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هي
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وعدا
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وصلا
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هما m
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وعدتا
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وصلتا
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هما f
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وعدنا
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وصلنا
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نحن
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وعدتُما
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وصلتُما
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أنتما
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وعدوا
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وصلوا
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هم
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وعدن
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وصلن
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هنّ
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وعدتن
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وصلتن
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أنتنّ
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In the present tense, verbs that begin with vowels are conjugated differently from other verbs; you can learn more about them from the following post.
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In this post, I present one useful root in Arabic (و ج ه) and many words that derive from it. This is a very useful exercise to try for yourself to expand your vocabulary; you can also use the dictionary for help.
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وجهها صبوح.
“Her face is radiant/graceful.”
“Her face always smiles.”
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Face
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وَجْه
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وجوه الطلاب شاحبة قبل الامتحان.
“The students’ faces are pale before the exam.”
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Faces
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وجوه
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درسنا من عدة أوجه للمشكلة.
“We studied several aspects of the problem.”
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Faces/Aspects
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أَوجُه
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ما وجهة نظرك؟
“What is your point of view?”
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Direction
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وجهة
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وَجَّه الأستاذ نقداً لبحثي.
“The teacher criticized my research.”
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Directed
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وَجَّه
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توجيه الأستاذة مفيد جداً.
“The teacher’s direction is very useful.”
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Giving directions
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تَوجيه
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واجه الرجل مشكلة كبيرة.
“The man faced a serious problem.”
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Faced
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وَاجَه
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أنا قوية في مواجَهة المصاعب.
“I am strong when confronting difficulties.”
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Confrontation
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مواجَهة
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بيتي مواجه لمكتبي.
“My house is facing my office.”
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Facing
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مواجِه
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تواجه الجيشان استعداداً للمعركة.
“The armies confronted each other in preparation for the battle.”
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Confront (each other)
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توَاجَه
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توجّهت الطائرة إلى القاهرة.
“The plane headed to Cairo.”
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Head towards
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توَجُّه
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ابني وجيه في قميصه الجديد.
“My son is handsome in his new shirt.”
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handsome
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وَجيه
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