Present tense in Arabic

Verb conjugation for Arabic appears complicated at first, and yet it is quite simple if you remember this cardinal rule: the subject, the actor of the verb's action, is part of the conjugated verb. Because of this, most of the time the subject pronouns are omitted in verb sentences. They are simply unnecessary because the Arabic verb contains all the information about the subject.


The process of conjugating a verb in Arabic is simple:

1) identify the tense you are conjugating for
2) determine who the subject is
3) add the proper suffix/prefix combination to the base verb

Using the base verb كَتَبَ meaning "to write" as a base verb, the following charts illustrate how it is conjugated in the Present Tense for all of the different Subject Pronouns.

The subject pronouns are categorized by number (Singular, Dual, Plural) like they have been presented previously and they include all the possible conjugations for this verb in the present tense.

كَتَبَ
Singular
English Pronoun Transcription Conjugated Arabic
Verb
Arabic Pronoun
I aktubu أكْتُبُ أنا
You (masc.) taktubu تكْتُبُ أنتَ
You (fem.) taktubiinaَ تكْتُبين أنتِ
       
He or It yaktubu يكْتُبُ هُوَ
She or It taktubu تكْتُبُ هيّ

 

Dual
English Pronoun Transcription Arabic Verb Arabic Pronoun
We
(No dual)
naktubu نكْتُبُ There is no
specific 1st
person dual form
"we two". Just use
the word for "we "
نحن
       
You two (masc. or
fem.)
taktubaan تكْتُبان انتما
       
They (masc.) two yaktubaan يكْتُبان هما
They (fem.) two taktubaan يكْتُبان هما


NOTE: Dual forms of verbs are the same as the singular BUT with an ان (aan) added to the end. In the case of the second person dual, there is no distinction between masc. and fem.

Plural
English Pronoun Transcription Arabic Verb Arabic Pronoun
We naktubu نكْتَبُ نحن
       
you (group masc.)
Any group with at
least one man is
considered
masculine
taktubuuna تكْتَبونَ أنتم
you ( group fem.)
Any group of all
females.
taktubnna تكْتَبُن أنتن
they (group
masc.)
yaktubuuna يكْتَبونَ هم
they (group fem.) yaktubnna يكْتَبُن هن


NOTE: PLURAL MASC forms of verbs are the same as the singular BUT with an ون (uun) added to the end 
PLURAL FEM forms of verbs are the same as the singular BUT with an نّ (aan) added to the end

 

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