Arabic Past Tense Verb 3
Having memorized these two tables, the next stage is to identify the verb forms of other verbs by comparing them to these tables. For this, we need to know that وَاحِدٌُ مُُذَكّرٌ غَُائِبٌُ of any verb table is considered to be the basic verb form. Generally, it is composed of three letters. The first is called فَاء كَُلِمَةٌُ , the second is called عَيُْكَُلِمَةٌُ , and the third is called لََم كَلِمَةٌُ . Now all that remains to be done is to identify which letter of the new verb matches which letter of the basic verb form of the tables given above. Consider, the verb نَصَرَُ (he helped). Comparing this to فَ عَلَُ of Table 3.1, we can see that in this verb, ن is the فَاءكَُلِمَةٌُ , ص is the عَيْكَُلِمَةٌُ , and ر is the لََم كَلِمَةٌُ . Once, this is established, it is easy to compare any of its forms with the rest of table.
Below, we are providing a list of the basic forms ( وَاحِدٌُ مُُذَكّرٌُ
غَائِبٌُ ) of various verbs and their meanings.
Word List
English
Arabic
he helped
نَصَرَُ
he wrote
كَتَبَُ
he put (something)
وَضَعَُ
he ran, he fled
ىَرَبَُ
he opened
فَ تَحَُ
he slaughtered
ذَبَحَُ
he cooked
طَبَخَُ
he entered
دَخَلَُ
he joined, he arrived
وَصَلَُ
he made
صَنَعَُ
اَلْفِعْلُ اُلْمَاضِى
English
Arabic
he returned
رَجَعَُ
he read
قَ رَأَُ
he hit
ضَرَبَُ
he ate
أَكَلَُ
he made
جَُعَلَُ
he asked
سَأَلَُ
he found
وَجَدَُ
he filled
مَلََُ
he sought, he demanded
طَلَبَُ
he took
أَخَذَُ
he cut
قَطَعَُ
he oppressed
ظَلَمَُ
he saw
نَظَرَُ
he created
خَلَقَُ
he imprisoned, he detained
حَبَسَُ
he went
ذَىَبَُ