Use the simple past verb to express
one point in the past.
Subject-verb agreement
exists when conjugating verbs.
Example:
The
below subjects
I
and we
have different verb suffix endings.
أنا
دَخَلْتُ =
"I entered"
ends in
تُ
نَحْنُ دَخَلْنا =
"we
entered" ends in
نا
Simple past verb
conjugated.
|
Simple past verb
to enter =
"dakhal" |
|
أنا دَخَلْتُ
أنا دَخَلْتْ
1
ana dakhalt
I entered |
|
نَحْنُ دَخَلْنا
إحْنا دَخَلْنا
2
iHna
dakhalna
we entered |
|
أنْتَ دَخَلْتَ
إنْتَ
دَخَلْتْ
3
inta dakhalt
you entered |
|
أنْتُم دَخَلْتُم
إنْتُمْ دَخَلْتوا
4
intu(um) dakhaltu(um)
(um)
you entered
(pl. masc.
or m. & f.) |
5-2 |
أنْتِ دَخَلْتِ
إنْتِ دَخَلْتي
5
inti dakhalti
you entered
أنْتُما
دَخَلْتُما
you
(dual m./f.) |
5-1
|
أنْتُنَّ
دَخَلْتُنَّ
you
(pl.f.)
you entered |
|
هُوَ دَخَلَ
هُوَّ دَخَلْ
6
howwa dakhal
he entered |
|
هُمْ دَخَلوا
هُمَّ دَخَلوا
7
homma
dakhal
dakhalu
they entered
(pl.m. or m. & f.) |
8-2
|
هِيَ دَخَلَتْ
هِيَّ
دَخَلِتْ
8
hiyya dakhalit
she entered
هُما دَخَلا
they entered
(dual
m./f.) |
8-1
|
هُنّ دَخَلْنَ
they entered
(pl.f.) |
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*intum dakhaltum
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intu dakhaltu
The "Pausal Rule" for MSA/Classical:
All vowels are pronounced
except the last vowel in a sentence, phrase, or word list.
For the above verb table the last vowel is written
but not pronounced with the
exception of the feminine
inti dakhalti.
Simple past verb
conjugated.
|
Simple Past Verb
to drink
=
"shirib" |
|
أنا شَرِبْتُ
أنا شِرِبْتْ
9
ana
shiribt
I drank |
|
نَحْنُ شَرِبْنا
إحْنا
شِرِبْنا
10
iHna
shiribna
we drank |
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