أغلق الباب
'aghliq albab
To say "close the door" in Arabic, you use أغلق الباب ('aghliq albab).
This phrase is used as a request or a command to move a door into a shut position.
Which one should you use?
Adding رجاءً can be used to say "please, close the door".
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
The form أغلق الباب is a formal way to say "close the door". In many spoken Arabic dialects, the verb سكّر is more commonly used than the formal أغلق for the action of closing, making سكّر الباب a colloquial alternative.
How does it change in a sentence?
The command form changes based on whom you are addressing: use أغلقي الباب when speaking to a female, and use أغلقوا الباب when addressing a group of people.
How do you pronounce it?
'aghliq albab
Did you know?
- The colloquial verb سكّر is fundamentally rooted in the concept of sealing or plugging a hole rather than swinging a hinge.
- In certain Arabic-speaking cultures, if someone tells you to أغلق الباب in a metaphorical sense, they might not be talking about a physical door, but rather telling you to stop discussing a specific topic or to end a particular conversation.
- In religious or poetic Arabic, the act of closing can symbolize the finality of an era or the ending of a life chapter.
Examples in context
- من فضلك أغلق الباب.Please close the door.This sentence shows how to use أغلق الباب in a polite request starting with "please".Tatoeba #422694 by saeb, translation #495838 by CK
- أغلق الباب من فضلك.Close the door, please.This sentence shows how to place "please" at the end of the command containing أغلق الباب.Tatoeba #586929 by saeb, translation #38524 by CK
- أغلق الباب بسرعة.aghliq al-bāb bi-sur'ah.Close the door quickly.
Example conversation
Nour is asking Ahmed to shut the door of the room.
- نور Nourأحمد، أغلق الباب من فضلك.Ahmed, aghliq al-baab min fadlak.Ahmed, please close the door.
- أحمد Ahmedحاضر، سأفعل ذلك الآن.hadir, sa'af'al dhalika al-aan.Alright, I will do that now.
- نور Nourشكراً لك يا أحمد.shukran laka ya Ahmed.Thank you, Ahmed.
- أحمد Ahmedعفواً يا نور.afwan ya Nour.You're welcome, Nour.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
