ago in Arabic: منذ (mundhu) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

'Mundhu' (منذ) is used to indicate a period of time that has passed. It is typically followed by a noun indicating the duration (e.g., 'a year ago', 'a week ago'). It functions as an adverb.

Example sentences

رَأَيْتُهُ مُنْذُ سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.

ra'aytuhu mundhu sāʿatin wāḥidatin.

I saw him one hour ago.
عَاشَ هُنَا مُنْذُ سَنَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.

ʿāsha hunā mundhu sanawātin ṭawīlatin.

He lived here many years ago.
اِنْتَهَى الْاِجْتِمَاعُ مُنْذُ قَلِيلٍ.

intahā al-ijtimāʿu mundhu qalīlin.

The meeting ended a short while ago.

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.

That was years ago.

كان ذلك منذ عدة سنين.

He died one year ago.

مات السنة الماضية.

A number of years ago,

منذ عدّة سنوات,

He left ten minutes ago.

غادر منذ عشرة دقائق.

Five hours ago he tweeted:

وغرد قبلها بأربع ساعات:

Things were better long ago.

كانت الأمور أفضل قبل فترة طويلة.

He died 25 years ago this year, and was born 75 years ago this year.

مات من 25 سنة, و ولد منذ 75 عاما.

Now here's what does work: Again, Bandura recognized this years ago, decades ago.

والان لنرى مالذي ينفع وقد اكتشف بندورا هذا منذ سنوات طويلة.. منذ عقود طويلة

But the world today is different from the world of 25 years ago, or even 10 years ago.

إلا أن العالم اليوم يختلف عما كان عليه منذ ربع قرن من الزمان، أو حتى منذ عشرة أعوام.

And it’s actually something that we invented a few years ago, or created a few years ago.

وهو شئ اخترعناه منذ بضع سنوات مضت أو صنعناه قبل بضع سنوات.

===Ago d'Oyo===After the destruction of Oyo-Ile, the capital was moved further south, to Ago d'Oyo.

=== آجو دي أويو (Ago d'Oyo) ===بعد تدمير أويو إلي، تم نقل العاصمة جنوبًا، إلى آجو دي أويو.

20 years ago, 30 years ago, only big professional astronomers with very big telescopes could see far into space.

منذ 20 سنة أو 30 سنة فقط علماء الفلك المحترفون و باستخدام التليسكوبات الكبيرة يمكنهم رؤية الفضاء البعيد

Questions and answers

Can 'mundhu' be used at the beginning of a sentence?

Yes, 'mundhu' can start a sentence, for example: 'Mundhu al-ams, lam arahu' (منذ الأمس، لم أره) - Since yesterday, I haven't seen him.

What is the difference between 'mundhu' and 'qabl'?

'Mundhu' refers to a past time relative to the present (ago), while 'qabl' (قبل) means 'before' and refers to a point in time preceding another point in time.