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The Arabic Imperative (Part 3) Posted by on Nov 28, 2009 in Grammar

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

تَنَقَّلي

تَوَقَّفي

أنتما

تَحَرَّكا

تَنَقَّلا

تَوَقَّفا

أنتم

تَحَرَّكوا

تَنَقَّلوا

تَوَقَّفوا

أنتن

تَحَرَّكنَ

تَنَقَّلن

تَوَقَّفن

Form IV(تفاعل)

تَبَادَل (exchange)

تَرَاسَل (correspond)

تَقابَل (meet)

أنتَ

تَبادَلْ

تَراسَلْ

تَقابَلْ

أنتِ

تَبادَلي

تَراسَلي

تَقابَلي

أنتما

تَبادَلا

تَراسَلا

تَقابَلا

أنتم

تَبادَلوا

تَراسَلوا

تَقابَلوا

أنتن

تَبادَلنَ

تَراسَلن

تَقابَلن

Form IX (اِفْعَلَّ)

This verb form expresses a spontaneous change of state, mainly color. It is hardly used in the imperative because it expresses spontaneous change. The imperative is not used often, yet when it is formed; it is like the above verb forms and does not involve change of the internal voweling of the verb, e.g. (turn red) – احْمَرّ

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