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Some Insights into Arabic Verb Usage (2) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Oct 11, 2018
In an earlier post, we looked at how intransitive verbs are made transitive and vice versa. This is done by adding or dropping a letter or letters to the basic verb. A verb like نَزَلَ ‘to get down’ is made transitive in two ways: adding hamzah or doubling the middle letter, hence أَنْزَل or نَزَّلَ…
How to Order and Give Instructions in Arabic Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Feb 8, 2018
To give orders or instructions in Arabic, full verbs in the imperative form are used. In Arabic, ‘order’ is أَمْر and its plural is أَوَامِر and ‘instruction’ is تَوْجِيْه and its plural is تَوْجِيْهَات. A full verb is the verb that indicates an action, as لَعِبَ ‘to play’, كَتَبَ ‘to write’, وَعَدَ ‘to promise’ and…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 4) Posted by aziza on Nov 30, 2009
In this post, I explain the imperative (الأمر) of verb forms VII, VIII and X. In these three verb forms, the imperative is expressed by changing the voweling of the verb so that a short i (كسرة) is placed on the letter before last, as follows: Form VII(انفعل) اِنْتَظَر (wait) اِنْشَغَل (keep busy) أنتَ اِنْتَظِرْ…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 3) Posted by aziza on Nov 28, 2009
In this post, I explain the imperative (الأمر) with verb forms V (تفعَّل) and VI (تفاعل). In these two verb forms, the imperative does not involve changing the internal voweling of the verb; therefore, the imperative is expressed as follows: Form V (تفعَّل) تَحَرَّك(move) تَنَقَّل (move around) تَوَقَّف (stop) أنتَ تَحَرَّكْ تَنَقَّلْ تَوَقَّفْ أنتِ تَحَرَّكي…
The Arabic Imperative (Part 1) Posted by aziza on Nov 23, 2009
The imperative (الأمر) is used to make orders. It is addressed to a person or persons; therefore, verbs are conjugated with second person pronouns only, i.e. ‘you’ (أنتَ – أنتِ – أنتما – أنتم – أنتن). Verbs that contain three letters follow the pattern (افعلْ) and take the appropriate endings according to gender and number…