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5 Common Prepositions in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Nov 3, 2017
In learning another language, one good thing about prepositions is that they are limited, i.e. belong to a closed class of words, just like pronouns. Besides, in the case of Arabic, they are simple when conjugating them with pronouns (i.e. appending pronouns to them). There are seventeen prepositions in Arabic. Here, we look at the…
Conjugating لَيْسَ laysa and كَاْنَ kaana Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Jul 27, 2017
The Arabic sentence is either اِسْمِيَّة ismiiyah ‘nominal’, i.e. has no verb, or فِعْلِيَّة fi‘liiyah ‘verbal’. Their frequency is similar. لَيْس laysa ‘not’ and كَانَ kaana ‘was/were’ are mainly associated with the nominal. Therefore, both are important and frequent; knowing the regularity and irregularity of their تَصْرِيْف taSriif ‘conjugation’ is essential for easier learning and…
Verbs with hamza – exercises Posted by aziza on Aug 31, 2015
Verbs that have hamza as a root letter are called (الفعل المهموز). Hamza can appear as a first, second or third radical letter. In this post, we answer some exercises to practice conjugating these verbs. First of all, there is the conjugation of the verbs given as an exercise in my previous post. Complete the…
Verbs with hamza Posted by aziza on Aug 30, 2015
Verbs that have hamza as a root letter are called (الفعل المهموز). Hamza can appear as a first, second or third radical letter. In this post, we learn how to conjugate these verbs. Examples of verbs with hamza are found below: أخذ = took أكل = ate سأل = asked سأم = become bored ملأ…
Irregular verbs in Arabic Posted by aziza on Jul 13, 2015
Verbs that begin with waw (و) or yaa (ي) as root letters are called weak verbs (الفِعْل المِثَال). When weak verbs are conjugated in the present tense, the first letter of the verb disappears, but when they are conjugated in the past tense, the first letter remains. Examples of weak verbs are وصل = arrived…
Irregular verbs – again Posted by aziza on Mar 25, 2011
In this post, I respond to a query from a reader who noticed that the second person masculine plural form is not included in the table. The table presented below is complete. Doubled verbs (الفعل المضعف) in Arabic end in a doubled letter, i.e. one with shadda (ـّ), e.g. (شدّ) ‘pulled’, (ظنّ) ‘thought’, (استعدّ) ‘got…
Arabic Weak Verbs in the Present Tense Posted by aziza on Feb 26, 2010
This post deals with conjugation of verbs that have a final vowel. They are called weak verbs(الفعل الناقص), e.g. (رَمَى) “threw” and (نما) “grew”, etc. In the present tense, the final vowel is returned to its origin. Consider the examples below. نما رَمَى أنمو أرمي أنا تنمو ترمي أنتَ تنمين ترمين أنتِ ينمو يرمي هو…