12 - Past Tense Verb7 - QURAANIC ARABIC (WORDPRESS)

The Past Tense Verb
Structure
Pronouns added to it showing the subject
Pronouns added to it showing the object

Taa' of femininity
Conjugation
Advanced Arabic Past Verb

The past tense verb

It denotes an action which was completed and finished in the past.

Structure:
1-
composed of 3 letters:
- Always starts with Fat-hah.

- The letter in the middle can have 3 different marks:
Examples (with
Mark of the
middle letter
Structure

-

2-

Ex.

-

Shaddah means 2 letters
Ex.
-
-

4-

Ex.

go to:
For more details about the forms of

3-
http://arabic.tripod.com/VerbForms1.htm
- The mark of the last letter of
depends on the pronoun
attached to the verb as in the following table:
www.quranicarabic.wordpress.com
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Separate Pronoun
Past verb
) (

(
)

Mark of the last letter of

*the verb
The attached pronoun
)

(

) (

) (

*The last letter of the verb before the pronoun. In this case it is the
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letter
About the past tense verb

1- There is no prefix attached to

2-
mostly comes with a pronoun suffix which is the

a- The pronoun suffix
*it can be letter

It comes with:
alone or with an extra for dual, for (m. p.) or for (f. p.)
1- The singular of the 1st person (with

on the last letter)
2- All cases of the 2nd person.
* Notice that the endings of the previous verbs are similar to the endings of the
separate pronoun of that group; you can read it as a rhyme.
b. The pronoun suffix ()
( Naa of the doers) comes with the dual
and plural of the 1st person, i.e.
*Remember them by the
in both of them.
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c. The pronoun suffix ( )
3rd person

( Alif of two) comes with the dual of the
( )

(
)

d. The pronoun suffix ()

( Waaw of the group): comes with
masculine plural of 3rd person
(The Alif that comes after

e- The pronoun suffix ( )

is not pronounced)

( Noon of the women): comes with the
feminine plural of the 3rd person

3-
rd comes without a pronoun suffix only in two cases:
a. The 3 person (m. s.)

b. The 3rd person (f. s.) ends with

What is
-
with Sukoon, that comes at the end of the past tense verb*,
rd
with the 3rd person (f. s.)
and at the end of 3 person (d. f.)
before the pronoun ( )
with a Fat-hah on it, to suit
the long vowel Alif

following it.
It is a
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-
It is a sign of femininity i.e. the subject of that verb is in

( f. s.)

(
)or a ( p.) of non human (it is treated in Arabic as f. s.)
(
)
*Note that:
In the language of the Arabs, any broken plural (even for human) can also
be treated as feminine singular, but this can be seen more, in the Qur'aan
than the standard Arabic, used nowadays.
Ex.
or

or

both ways are correct
It is not a pronoun: If it was a pronoun, you would not see, a noun

)
(

) , or a pronoun (

following it, to show the
subject of the verb.
sometimes with a ?
:
comes with
when it is followed by

st
and the 2nd is the
to avoid the meeting of the two
: the 1 is
letter
Ex.

-
Why do we see
*Remember:

is a special used in words that starts with Sukoon.
It is pronounced like any

if we start with it, and is omitted if we read a
word before.
comes at the beginning of the present tense as well
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Conjugation of
is always
What does
mean?
It means that the end the word never changes, whether because of the change
of its position in the sentence or if preceded by certain particles.
is : it does not change in the different positions or after
different particles.
Ex.
....

did not change.

when attached to different
But we see a different mark on

Notice that the end of the verb
pronouns:
These changes are due to the pronouns following them, and not related to
conjugation.
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with

Pattern of conjugation of

1- Without pronouns

:
.

.
:
(

)

-
:
.

) is a hidden pronoun, it is estimated to be

(The doer

(
)
-

:
.

Has no position in the conjugation

.
:

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:
.

.

:
is a hidden pronoun, it is estimated to be

(The doer

2- With the pronoun

:

.

.

In the position of

:

.

.
:

.

.
:

.
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/
:

/
.

It will be enough for you to say this last phrase as follow:

.

:

.
.
:

/

.

:

.
/

.

.

Note that:

Whenever
is the subject of the verb, the letters following it are not
considered pronouns. They are only letters showing: plural, dual But when
we teach beginners we consider the
and whatever follows it a pronoun, to
facilitate the conjugation.
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3- With the pronoun
:
.

.

:
.

.

:

.

4- With the pronoun

.

.

5- With the pronoun

:

.

.
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Adding the pronoun of the object to

The pronoun showing the
showing
and the one
can be both attached to the
verb as follow:

+
I ate it (m. s.)
= +
+ We hit them (m. p.)
= + +
You (m. s.) taught us =
+
1-
When the pronoun
..
is attached to the
should precede it.

We call it Noon of prevention

verb, the letter
(it prevents the verb of having Kasrah when

followed by long vowel
)
= + +
+
+ +
They (m. p.) spoke to me = +
You (m. s.) taught me
is attached to the verb

,the letter should precede it.
2-

When
( The
of
when another
changed to
We call it Waaw of satiation
()
...
...
...
...

...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
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pronoun is attached to it, then this

was prolonged to be a
)
+ + + = You (m. p.) spoke to him

+ + + =
)You (m. p.) spoke to them (f. p.

Pattern of conjugation of

and

with
:
.

.

:

:
.

:

.

.
.

:

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:

.

.

)( :

:

.

.
.

:

:

.

.

.
:
)( :

:

.

.

.
:

:

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*The Past tense Verb in Passive form will be in a separate file

Some verbs in the past and their meaning

wipe
succeed
thrive
bleed
descend
spread
advise
blow
deliver
rise
forsake
find
reach
arrive
place
put
promise
stand
show
squeeze
sneeze
sink
wash
think
do
work
open
understand
accept
kill
read
split
worry
write
dislike
earn
break
detect
dress
wear
sting
play
touch
describe
slay
win
attach
bind
draw
refuse
dance
ride
run
crawl
plant
lift
steal
fall
allow
hear
drink
explain
feel
thank
scream
beat
request
appear
cross
saw
eat
search
permit
seek
search
begin
spit
follow
cut
sit
freeze
collect
burn
calculate
dig
rule
swear
dream
praise
carry
bake
enter
pay
push
pay
chew

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The Past Tense Verb

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

It denotes an action which was completed and finished in the past.

- Always starts with Fat-hah.

- The mark of the last letter of

depends on the pronoun

attached to the verb as in the following table:

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

Mark of the last letter of

The attached pronoun

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

About the past tense verb

mostly comes with a pronoun suffix which is the

*it can be letter

1- The singular of the 1st person (with

2- All cases of the 2nd person.

( Naa of the doers) comes with the dual

and plural of the 1st person, i.e.

*Remember them by the

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

d. The pronoun suffix ()

masculine plural of 3rd person

(The Alif that comes after

e- The pronoun suffix ( )

feminine plural of the 3rd person

rd comes without a pronoun suffix only in two cases:

a. The 3 person (m. s.)

the long vowel Alif

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

It is a sign of femininity i.e. the subject of that verb is in

It is not a pronoun: If it was a pronoun, you would not see, a noun

following it, to show the

subject of the verb.

It is pronounced like any

comes at the beginning of the present tense as well

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

is : it does not change in the different positions or after

did not change.

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

) is a hidden pronoun, it is estimated to be

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

is a hidden pronoun, it is estimated to be

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

is the subject of the verb, the letters following it are not

and whatever follows it a pronoun, to

facilitate the conjugation.

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

3- With the pronoun

4- With the pronoun

5- With the pronoun

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

and the one

can be both attached to the

When the pronoun

should precede it.

(it prevents the verb of having Kasrah when

You (m. s.) taught me

is attached to the verb

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

pronoun is attached to it, then this

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

*The Past tense Verb in Passive form will be in a separate file

Advanced Arabic Past Verb

Some verbs in the past and their meaning