No. 596 in Arabic
الماضية
"The past."
In a sentence
زرتُ المكتبةَ في الأسبوع الماضي.
I visited the library last week.
Here, "الأسبوع الماضي" means "last week," representing a specific time period in the past.
ذكرياتُ الطفولةِ الماضية تملأُ قلبي بالحنين.
Memories of past childhood fill my heart with nostalgia.
In this context, "الطفولة الماضية" translates to "past childhood" and serves as an adjective to describe the period of childhood.
تكلمنا عن الأحداث الماضية في الاجتماع.
We talked about the past events during the meeting.
Here, "الأحداث الماضية" means "past events," where "الماضية" is used as an adjective describing the word "الأحداث".
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