{"id":1234,"date":"2011-03-20T17:27:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T17:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=1234"},"modified":"2011-03-20T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T17:27:35","slug":"a-note-about-the-imperative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/a-note-about-the-imperative\/","title":{"rendered":"A note about the imperative"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, I give a useful note about the imperative (\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631). I taught the imperative to my students recently, and as I explained before that the imperative of regular form I verbs (that do not have vowels) is formed by following the pattern (\u0627\u0641\u0639\u0644). It is sometimes vowels with a short \/o\/ on the first letter, e.g. (\u0627\u064f\u0643\u062a\u0628)\u2019write\u2019 and (\u0627\u064f\u062e\u0631\u062c) \u2018get out\u2019; and sometimes marked with a short \/i\/, e.g. (\u0627\u0650\u0641\u062a\u062d) \u2018open\u2019 and (\u0627\u0650\u062d\u0645\u0644) \u2018carry\u2019.<\/h3>\n

Native speakers of Arabic depend on their intuition to know the voweling of the verb, but what clues are there in the verb that can help the non-native speaker to choose the appropriate vowel?<\/h3>\n

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There is a simple rule that refers to the present tense verb (the imperfect). If the medial letter of the imperfect is vowelled by a short \/o\/ (\u0636\u0645\u0629), then the verb begins short \/o\/ as well, e.g. (\u064a\u0643\u062a\u064f\u0628 \/ \u0627\u064f\u0643\u062a\u0628) and (\u064a\u062e\u0631\u064f\u062c \/\u0627\u064f\u062e\u0631\u062c). If the medial letter of the imperfect is vowelled by a short \/a\/ or a short \/i\/, then the verb begins short \/i\/ (\u0643\u0633\u0631\u0629) as well, e.g. (\u064a\u0641\u062a\u064e\u062d \/ \u0627\u0650\u0641\u062a\u062d) and (\u064a\u062d\u0645\u0650\u0644 \/\u0627\u0650\u062d\u0645\u0644).<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this post, I give a useful note about the imperative (\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631). I taught the imperative to my students recently, and as I explained before that the imperative of regular form I verbs (that do not have vowels) is formed by following the pattern (\u0627\u0641\u0639\u0644). It is sometimes vowels with a short \/o\/ on the…<\/p>\n

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