يعمل in English: to work – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

يعمل is the present tense third‑person singular of the verb عمل (to work). It is used for habitual or ongoing actions. The subject pronoun is often omitted in Arabic.

Example sentences

هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي الْمَكْتَبِ كَمهندسٍ.

huwa yaʿmalu fī al-maktabi kamuhandisin.

He works in the office as an engineer.
يَتَعَلَّمُ الطُّلابُ وَهُمْ يَعْمَلُونَ مَشَارِيعَ.

yataʿallamu al-ṭullābu wa hum yaʿmalūna mashāriʿa.

Students learn while they work on projects.
يَجِبُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَخْصٍ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ بِاجْتِهَادٍ.

yajibu ʿalā kulli shakhsin an yaʿmala bijtiḥādin.

Everyone must work diligently.

Translations in the dictionary

Examples from real texts

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

[يعمل]

[Working]

يعمل الأب.

The father works.

لا يزال يعمل

Still Running

يعمل جون بجدّ.

John works hard.

إنه نظامٌ يعمل.

It's a system that works.

سامي يعمل هناك.

Sami works there.

المكيّف لا يعمل.

The air conditioner doesn't work.

لن يعمل الراديو.

The radio will not work.

النظام يعمل بكفاءة

The System is Working

يعمل والدي طبيباً.

My father is a doctor.

فمن يعرف ان يعمل حسنا ولا يعمل فذلك خطية له

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.

الآن لا يظهر أن... إنه وببساطة لا يعمل. أقصد أنه لا يعمل.

Now, this doesn't appear -- this just doesn't work, I mean, this just doesn't work.

Questions and answers

How do I say "I work"?

قُلْ أَنا أَعمَل (ana aʿmal).

Is there a noun for "work"?

Yes, the noun is عَمَل (ʿamal).