it only happened once
The Arabic phrase it only happened once is pronounced Hadatha dhalika marratan waaHidatan and written ﺣَﺪَﺙَ ﺫَﻟِﻚَ ﻣَﺮَّﺓً ﻭَﺍﺣِﺪَﺓً
The Arabic words in it only happened once
Below you can see detailed information about every word in the Arabic phrase it only happened once. You can see the English translation of the word, how the word is spelled and pronounced and how the word has been conjugated in the phrase. There is also a link to get even more information about the word.
to happen
ﺣَﺪَﺙَ
Pronounciation: Hadatha
English translation: to happen
Part of speech: verb
person: he
tense: past tense
that
ﺫَﻟِﻚَ
Pronounciation: dhalika
English translation: that
Part of speech: pronoun
occasion, time
ﻣَﺮَّﺓً
Pronounciation: marratan
English translation (of the word in its basic form): occasion, time
Part of speech: noun
case: accusative
definiteness: indefinite form
gender: feminine
Accusative case has many usages. For example it is used for the object in a verbal sentence. It is also used for predicative to incomplete verbs like kaana.
The base form of the word occasion, time
ﻣَﺮَّﺓ
marra
(singular, indefinite, no case)
1
ﻭَﺍﺣِﺪَﺓً
Pronounciation: waaHidatan
English translation: 1
Part of speech: numeral
Type of phrase: Sentences
A complete sentence. The sentence has a verb. But in Arabic, there are also complete sentences without verbs.
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