No. 6,240 in Arabic

أردت

"I wanted."

In a sentence

أردت أن أزور المتحف اليوم.
I wanted to visit the museum today.
The word "أردت" is used here as the main verb in the past tense, indicating that the speaker had the desire to visit the museum today.
لم أرد أن أتأخر على موعدي.
I didn’t want to be late for my appointment.
The word "أردت" is negated with "لم", showing the speaker's lack of desire in the past to be late for their appointment.
لو أردت الدراسة جيدًا، فسوف تنجح.
If you want to study well, you will succeed.
The word "أردت" is used here in the conditional form to express a desire contingent on an event happening, in this case, studying well, leading to success.

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