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decide in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- qarrara
- Arabizi
qarrara- Type
- verb
- Root
- ق ر ر
How to use it
"Decide" translates to قَرَّرَ in MSA. It is a regular Form II verb meaning to make a choice or determination. The past tense is قَرَّرَ, the present is يَقْرِرُ, and the verbal noun is تَقْرِير. Use it when you talk about choosing or concluding something.
Example sentences
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قَرَّرَ أَحْمَدُ أَنْ يَسْفَرَ غَدًا.
qarrara Aḥmadu an yasfara ghadan.
Ahmad decided to travel tomorrow.
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يَجِبُ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَقْرَرَ بَينَ خِيَارَيْنِ.
yajibu ʿalayka an taqarra baīna khiyārayn.
You must decide between two options.
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قَرَّرْنَا أَنْ نُقَدِّمَ العَرْضَ الآن.
qarrarnā an nuqaddima al-ʿaraḍa al-ān.
We decided to present the offer now.
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.
I'll decide.
سأقرر.
Time to decide
دال - حان وقت القرار
God will decide.
سيحسم الله الأمور.
We therefore decide that:
88 - لذلك نحن نقرر ما يلي:
It's up to you to decide.
القرار قرارك.
Why did you decide to learn Arabic?
لماذا قرّرت أن تتعلّم العربيّة؟
Tom can't decide whether he should go.
لا يستطيع توم أن يقرر فيما إذا كان عليه الذهاب.
Let me decide which episodes to download
دعني أحدد أي الحلقات أرغب في تنزيلها
Few people decide to commit terrorist outrages.
إن قِلة من الناس قد يقررون ارتكاب اعتداءات إرهابية.
These countries may eventually decide to leave.
وقد تقرر هذه البلدان الرحيل في نهاية المطاف.
Empowering citizens means giving them both the power to decide and the knowledge to decide well.
إن تمكين المواطنين يعني منحهم سلطة اتخاذ القرار والمعرفة اللازمة لاتخاذ القرار على الوجه الصحيح.
Nine out of 10 either cannot save through their 401 plan, decide not to save -- or don't decide -- or save too little.
تسعة من أصل 10 إما لا يستطيعون الادخار عبر خطة معاش التقاعد، يقررون عدم الادخار -- أو لا يقررون -- أو يدخرون قليلا جدا.
Questions and answers
What is the present tense of "decide"?
يَقْرِرُ (yaqriru).
Is there a noun form?
Yes, تَقْرِير (taqrīr) means "decision".
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