Arabic Verb - To Get, Obtain, Occur

مارس 1st, 2008

The word for “get, attain, occur” is حَصَلَ (hasala).

Examples of how this word can be used:

* I received a degree from Harvard University in 2004. - حصلتُ شهادة من جامعة هارفارد في سنة 2004

* He got the most number of votes in the election. - حصل معظم الاصوات الانتخابات

Conjugated in the perfect (”past”) tense:

حَصَلْتُ (hasalatu) - I got
حَصَلْتَ (hasalata) - You got (m. sing.)
ََحَصَلْتِ (hasalati) - You got (f. sing.)
حَصَلْتُمَا (hasalatuma) - You got (dual)
حَصَلْنُمْ (hasalatum) - You got (m. pl)
حَصَلْتُنَّ (hasalatunna) - You got (f. pl)
حَصَلَََنَا (hasalanaa) - We got
حَصَلَ (hasala) - He got
حَصَلَتْ (hasalat) - She got
حَصَلا - حَصَلَتَا (hasalataa - hasalaa) - They got (dual)
َحَصَلُوا (hasalua) - They got (m. pl)
حَصَلْنَ (hasalna) - They got (f. pl)

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