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Verb Tense: (1) Past الماضي Posted by on Apr 20, 2011

A verb is a part of speech that refers to an action happening at a certain time. Tense is the word used when speaking about the time of an action (verb). The form of the verbs depends on which tense it is. A verb must agree with its subject in both number and gender. Arabic…

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Irregular verbs – again Posted by 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…

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Irregular Verbs in Arabic (Part 1): Doubled Verbs Posted by on Jan 9, 2010

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 prepared’, (استمرّ) ‘continued’, etc. What is special about these verbs is that with some pronouns, the doubled letter has to be repeated twice, while with others, it remains one letter with shadda…

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