Learn Arabic › A2 › واجَه
واجَه
to face /ˈwaːd͡ʒaha/
verbA2#886 most common
Also: to confront, to encounter, to come up against
Example sentences
واجَهْتُ مُشكِلَةً صَغيرَةً.
I faced a small problem.
واجَهَ الطّالِبُ صُعوبَةً في الاِمتِحانِ.
The student faced difficulty in the exam.
يَجِبُ أَن نُواجِهَ الحَقيقَةَ بِشَجاعَةٍ.
We must face the truth with courage.
واجَهَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ أَزمَةً مالِيَّةً كَبيرَةً العامَ الماضي.
The company faced a big financial crisis last year.
لَم يَكُنْ سَهلاً أَن يُواجِهَ مَخاوِفَهُ، لكِنَّهُ فَعَلَ ذلِكَ في النِّهايَةِ.
It was not easy for him to face his fears, but in the end he did.
واجَهَتِ الحُكومَةُ مُعارَضَةً شَديدَةً حينَ حاوَلَتْ فَرضَ ضَرائِبَ جَديدَةٍ على المُواطِنينَ.
The government confronted fierce opposition when it tried to impose new taxes on citizens.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُواجِهُ (ʾuwājihu) | واجَهْتُ (wājahtu) | سَأُواجِهُ (saʾuwājihu) |
| 2sg | تُواجِهُ (tuwājihu) | واجَهْتَ (wājahta) | سَتُواجِهُ (satuwājihu) |
| 3sg | يُواجِهُ (yuwājihu) | واجَهَ (wājaha) | سَيُواجِهُ (sayuwājihu) |
| 1pl | نُواجِهُ (nuwājihu) | واجَهْنا (wājahnā) | سَنُواجِهُ (sanuwājihu) |
| 2pl | تُواجِهونَ (tuwājihūna) | واجَهْتُم (wājahtum) | سَتُواجِهونَ (satuwājihūna) |
| 3pl | يُواجِهونَ (yuwājihūna) | واجَهوا (wājahū) | سَيُواجِهونَ (sayuwājihūna) |
Word family
مُواجَهة (muwājaha)confrontation, facing
وَجْه (wajh)face
وِجهة (wijha)direction, destination, viewpoint
وَجَّهَ (wajjaha)to direct, to aim, to steer
اِتِّجاه (ittijāh)direction
Etymology
The verb comes from the triconsonantal root w-j-h, which carries the idea of a face or a side. The noun wajh means face. In Form III, the pattern that inserts a long a after the first radical, the verb means to set one's face toward someone or something, and so to confront it head-on. The same root gives wijha, direction, and ittijah, also direction.
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