- that
- [[t]ðæt[/t]]
plural those [[t]ðouz[/t]]
1. adjectiveused to indicate a person, thing etc spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc:
Don't take this book – take that one
At that time, I was living in Italy
ذلكَWhen are you going to return those books?
2. pronounused to indicate a thing etc, or (in plural or with the verb be) person or people, spoken of before, not close to the speaker, already known to the speaker and listener etc:What is that you've got in your hand?
Who is that?
That is the Prime Minister
ذلِك الشَّخْص أو الشَّيءThose present at the concert included the composer and his wife.
3. [[t]ðət[/t]], [[t]ðæt[/t]] relative pronounused to refer to a person, thing etc mentioned in a preceding clause in order to distinguish it from others:Where is the parcel that arrived this morning?
ضَمير الصِّلَه: الذي، التي، الذين اللواتي، ضَمير الإسْتِفْهام: مَن؟Who is the man (that) you were talking to?
4. [[t]ðət[/t]], [[t]ðæt[/t]] conjunction1) (often omitted) used to report what has been said etc or to introduce other clauses giving facts, reasons, results etc:I know (that) you didn't do it
كَلِمةَ رَبط تأتي قَبْل جُمْلَةٍ ثانويَّه بمَعنى: أنَّI was surprised (that) he had gone.
2) used to introduce expressions of sorrow, wishes etc:That I should be accused of murder!
كَلِمَة تُعَبِّر عن المُفاجَأه والأسَف والتَّمَنّي وتأتي في أوَّل الجُمْلَه بِمَعْنى: آه أنني!Oh, that I were with her now!
5. [[t]ðat[/t]] adverbso; to such an extent:إلى هذا الحَد، جداI didn't realize she was that ill.
Arabic-English dictionary. 2014.