يَتَنَفَّس

أنا أَتَنَفَّس الهواء.

I breathe the air.

First person singular present tense (أنا أتنفس).

الولد يَتَنَفَّس.

The boy is breathing.

Third person singular masculine present tense (هو يتنفس).

هي تَتَنَفَّس من أنفها.

She breathes from her nose.

Third person singular feminine present tense (هي تتنفس) with preposition من (from).

نحن نَتَنَفَّس كل يوم.

We breathe every day.

First person plural present tense (نحن نتنفس).

الكلب يَتَنَفَّس.

The dog is breathing.

Using the verb with an animal subject.

أنتَ تَتَنَفَّس.

You (masc.) are breathing.

Second person singular masculine present tense (أنتَ تتنفس).

أنا لا أَتَنَفَّس الماء.

I do not breathe water.

Negative present tense using لا (la).

الطفل يَتَنَفَّس بهدوء.

The baby breathes quietly.

Adding a simple adverb (بهدوء - quietly).

المريض يَتَنَفَّس بصعوبة.

The patient is breathing with difficulty.

Using prepositional phrase (بصعوبة) as an adverb of manner.

بعد الركض، أنا أَتَنَفَّس بسرعة.

After running, I breathe quickly.

Using adverbs of time (بعد) and manner (بسرعة).

هل تَتَنَفَّس جيداً؟

Are you breathing well?

Forming a yes/no question using هل (hal).

تَنَفَّسْ بعمق يا أخي.

Breathe deeply, my brother.

Imperative form for masculine singular (تَنَفَّسْ).

هي تَنَفَّسَت الصعداء بعد الامتحان.

She breathed a sigh of relief after the exam.

Past tense feminine (تَنَفَّسَت) in a common idiom.

نحن نحتاج أن نَتَنَفَّس هواءً نظيفاً.

We need to breathe clean air.

Verb following أن (an) in the subjunctive mood (نَتَنَفَّسَ).

لا أستطيع أن أَتَنَفَّس هنا.

I cannot breathe here.

Using with modal verb (أستطيع - I can) in the negative.

الأسماك تَتَنَفَّس تحت الماء.

Fish breathe underwater.

Plural non-human subject taking feminine singular verb (تتنفس).

بسبب الدخان الكثيف، لم يستطع العمال أن يَتَنَفَّسُوا.

Because of the thick smoke, the workers could not breathe.

Plural subjunctive/jussive form (يتنفسوا) dropping the nuun.

طلب مني الطبيب أن أَتَنَفَّس ببطء وعمق أثناء الفحص.

The doctor asked me to breathe slowly and deeply during the examination.

Complex sentence with multiple adverbs and time clauses.

عندما أصعد الدرج بسرعة، أبدأ أَتَنَفَّس بقوة.

When I climb the stairs quickly, I start to breathe heavily.

Using time conjunction (عندما) and verb of beginning (أبدأ).

من المهم جداً أن تَتَنَفَّس من أنفك وليس من فمك.

It is very important that you breathe from your nose and not from your mouth.

Impersonal expression (من المهم أن) followed by subjunctive.

الجو حار جداً لدرجة أنني أشعر وكأنني لا أَتَنَفَّس.

The weather is so hot that I feel as if I am not breathing.

Using complex conjunctions (لدرجة أن، وكأنني).

تَنَفَّسَتِ المدينة أخيراً بعد انتهاء الحظر الصحي.

The city finally breathed after the end of the health lockdown.

Metaphorical use of the verb with a non-human subject.

يجب على الرياضيين تعلم كيف يَتَنَفَّسُونَ بشكل صحيح لزيادة قدرتهم التحملية.

Athletes must learn how to breathe correctly to increase their endurance.

Plural indicative form (يتنفسون) and advanced vocabulary (قدرة تحملية).

شعرت بالخوف الشديد حتى أنني نسيت كيف أَتَنَفَّس.

I felt so much fear that I forgot how to breathe.

Expressing extreme emotion and its physical effect.

إن تقنيات التأمل تساعد الفرد على أن يَتَنَفَّس بوعي ويقلل من التوتر.

Meditation techniques help the individual to breathe consciously and reduce stress.

Using abstract nouns (تأمل، وعي، توتر) and formal sentence structure.

في أعالي الجبال، يصبح الهواء رقيقاً ويصعب على المتسلقين أن يَتَنَفَّسُوا بشكل طبيعي.

High in the mountains, the air becomes thin and it is difficult for climbers to breathe normally.

Describing environmental conditions and physiological responses.

لم يكد يَتَنَفَّس الصعداء بعد حل المشكلة الأولى حتى واجه مشكلة أخرى أكبر.

He had barely breathed a sigh of relief after solving the first problem when he faced another, bigger problem.

Using complex temporal structures (لم يكد... حتى) with an idiom.

الاقتصاد العالمي بدأ يَتَنَفَّس مجدداً بعد ركود دام لسنوات.

The global economy has begun to breathe again after a recession that lasted for years.

Highly metaphorical use applied to abstract concepts like the economy.

كانت الغرفة تعج بالدخان لدرجة أن الحاضرين كانوا يَتَنَفَّسُونَ سموماً.

The room was so full of smoke that the attendees were breathing toxins.

Using the verb transitively with a metaphorical/exaggerated object (سموماً).

إنها شخصية مسيطرة جداً، لا تترك لمن حولها مجالاً لكي يَتَنَفَّسُوا.

She is a very controlling personality; she doesn't leave room for those around her to breathe.

Using the verb in a common psychological/social idiom.

تَنَفَّسِ الطبيعة عبير الربيع بعد شتاء قارس وطويل.

Nature breathed the fragrance of spring after a harsh and long winter.

Literary and poetic personification of nature.

المريض المعتمد على جهاز التنفس الصناعي لا يَتَنَفَّس بقوته الذاتية.

The patient dependent on the artificial ventilator does not breathe with his own power.

Specialized medical terminology combined with the verb.

تَنَفَّسَ الصبحُ وأسفر عن وجه نهار جديد يحمل بين طياته الأمل والعمل.

The dawn breathed and revealed the face of a new day carrying hope and work within its folds.

Direct allusion to Quranic phrasing and classical poetic imagery.

في تلك اللحظة الحرجة، بدا وكأن الزمن قد توقف، ولم يعد أحد يَتَنَفَّس في القاعة.

At that critical moment, it seemed as if time had stopped, and no one was breathing in the hall anymore.

Creating intense atmosphere and suspense through the negation of the verb.

إن النص الأدبي العظيم هو الذي يَتَنَفَّس حياةً ويحاور القارئ عبر العصور.

A great literary text is one that breathes life and converses with the reader across ages.

Advanced metaphorical use applied to literature and art.

كانت تَتَنَفَّسُ غضباً وحنقاً، وتكاد نظراتها تحرق من يقف أمامها.

She was breathing anger and fury, and her looks almost burned anyone standing in front of her.

Using abstract emotions as the direct object of the verb to show intensity.

بعد سنوات من القمع، خرجت الجماهير إلى الشوارع لِتَتَنَفَّسَ عبق الحرية.

After years of oppression, the masses took to the streets to breathe the fragrance of freedom.

Political and social commentary using the verb metaphorically.

لا يمكن للروح أن تَتَنَفَّس في بيئة ملوثة بالتشاؤم والسلبية.

The soul cannot breathe in an environment polluted with pessimism and negativity.

Philosophical usage connecting the verb to the soul (الروح).

تَنَفَّسَتِ القصيدةُ حنينَ الشاعر إلى وطنه الذي أُجبر على مغادرته.

The poem breathed the poet's longing for his homeland, which he was forced to leave.

Personifying an abstract creation (the poem) performing the action.

كان يَتَنَفَّسُ الصعداء بصمت، محاولاً إخفاء ارتباكه عن عيون الحاضرين.

He was silently breathing a sigh of relief, trying to hide his confusion from the eyes of the attendees.

Combining an idiom with complex adverbial phrases of manner.

تَنَفَّسَ الفجرُ من رحم الظلام، معلناً انقشاع غياهب الليل البهيم.

The dawn breathed from the womb of darkness, announcing the clearing of the pitch-black night's depths.

Highly elevated literary register, using archaic or highly formal vocabulary (غياهب، البهيم).

إن لغة الضاد تَتَنَفَّسُ من خلال آدابها، وتتجدد دماؤها في أقلام مبدعيها.

The language of the Dhad (Arabic) breathes through its literature, and its blood is renewed in the pens of its creators.

Metaphorical personification of the Arabic language itself.

كانت أنفاسه تَتَنَفَّسُ أنفاسها في عناق روحي تجاوز حدود الجسد.

His breaths were breathing her breaths in a spiritual embrace that transcended the boundaries of the body.

Complex poetic repetition of the root (أنفاس تتنفس أنفاس) for profound effect.

لم يكن يَتَنَفَّسُ الهواء فحسب، بل كان يستنشق عبق التاريخ المتأصل في جدران المدينة العتيقة.

He was not merely breathing the air, but he was inhaling the fragrance of history rooted in the walls of the ancient city.

Contrasting the literal verb (يتنفس) with a more specific, evocative verb (يستنشق).

تلك اللوحة الفنية تَتَنَفَّسُ عبقريةً، وتكاد تنطق بما عجزت عنه الكلمات.

That painting breathes genius, and it almost speaks what words have failed to express.

Ascribing biological functions to inanimate art to express profound admiration.

في خضم المعركة الفكرية، كان يَتَنَفَّسُ الحجج والبراهين، ولا يترك لخصمه منفذاً.

In the midst of the intellectual battle, he was breathing arguments and proofs, leaving no outlet for his opponent.

Using abstract intellectual concepts as the object of breathing to show complete immersion.

تَنَفَّسَتِ الأمةُ الصعداء إبان توقيع معاهدة السلام التي أنهت عقوداً من الصراع الدامي.

The nation breathed a sigh of relief upon the signing of the peace treaty that ended decades of bloody conflict.

Using the idiom at a macro, societal level in formal historical discourse.

وهل يَتَنَفَّسُ المرءُ حقاً إن كان يعيش في أغلال العبودية الفكرية؟

And does a person truly breathe if they live in the shackles of intellectual slavery?

Rhetorical question using the verb in a deeply philosophical and existential sense.