أذهب إلى المدرسة
The English phrase 'i go to school' is translated into Arabic as أذهب إلى المدرسة.
What does it mean word for word?
The preposition إلى (ila) is used to indicate direction or destination, equivalent to 'to' in English. The word المدرسة (al-madrasah) includes the definite article 'ال' (al-), making it 'the school'.
How does it change in a sentence?
In standard formal Arabic, the verb أذهبُ ends with a damma (u) sound on the last letter to indicate the indicative mood for the first person.
Did you know?
- The verb أذهب shares the same root as the word for 'gold', which is ذَهَب (dhahab).
- Arabic grammar allows the speaker to omit the word 'I' because the prefix أ in أذهب already tells the listener that the subject is the first person.
- The word for school, مدرسة, comes from the root درس, which means 'to study' or 'to read' but can also mean 'to tread' or 'to crush' in ancient contexts.
Examples in context
- أذهب إلى المدرسة بالباص.I go to school by bus.This sentence is useful for describing how you travel to school using أذهب إلى المدرسة.Tatoeba #411556 by saeb, translation #321680 by CK
- أذهب إلى المدرسة.I go to school.This sentence is a simple way to state that you go to school using أذهب إلى المدرسة.Tatoeba #475670 by saeb, translation #472089 by tamsanh
- أذهب إلى المدرسة كل صباح.adhhabu ilā al-madrasati kulla ṣabāḥ.I go to school every morning.
Example conversation
Laila and Omar are talking about their daily routine.
- ليلى Laylaمتى تذهب إلى المدرسة؟matā tadhhabu ilā al-madrasati?When do you go to school?
- عمر Omarأذهب إلى المدرسة في الساعة الثامنة.adhhabu ilā al-madrasati fī al-sā'ati al-thāminati.I go to school at eight o'clock.
- ليلى Laylaهل تذهب إلى المدرسة مشياً؟hal tadhhabu ilā al-madrasati mashyan?Do you go to school on foot?
- عمر Omarلا، أذهب إلى المدرسة بالحافلة.lā, adhhabu ilā al-madrasati bi-l-ḥāfilati.No, I go to school by bus.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries أذهب, إلى, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
