LESSON 41 - PLURAL VERBS
PRESENT TENSE



Here are four verbs you've had in previous lessons, plus two new ones:

Adrus - I study
Askun - I live
Acmal - I work
Aktub - I write
Athhab - I go
Acrif - I know

Here are the complete conjugations of these verbs in the present tense:
When Arabs are speaking to each other, they usually drop the "N" at the end of some of these. But when it is written, the "N" must be included.

    Adrus - I study
    Tadrus - You (m.) study
    Tadrusii[n] - You (f.) study
    Tadrus - She studies
    Yadrus - He studies
    Nadrus - We study
    Tadrusuu[n] - You (pl.) study
    Yadrusuu[n] - They study

Askun - I live
Taskun - You (m.) live
Taskunii[n] - You (f.) live
Taskun - She lives
Yaskun - He lives
Naskun - We live
Taskunuu[n] - You (pl.) live
Yaskunuu[n] - They live

    Acmal - I work
    Tacmal - You (m.) work
    Tacmalii[n] - You (f.) work
    Tacmal - She works
    Yacmal - He works
    Nacmal - We work
    Tacmaluu[n] - You (pl.) work
    Yacmaluu[n] - They work

Aktub - I write
Taktub - You (m.) write
Taktubii[n] - You (f.) write
Taktub - She writes
Yaktub - He writes
Naktub - We write
Taktubuu[n] - You (pl.) write
Yaktubuu[n] - They write

    Athhab - I go
    Tathhab - You (m.) go
    Tathhabii[n] - You (f.) go
    Tathhab - She goes
    Yathhab - He goes
    Nathhab - We go
    Tathhabuu[n] - You (pl.) go
    Yathhabuu[n] - They go

Acrif - I know
Tacrif - You (m.) know
Tacrifii[n] - You (f.) know
Tacrif - She knows
Yacrif - He knows
Nacrif - We know
Tacrifuu[n] - You (pl.) know
Yacrifuu[n] - They know

Example sentences with plural verbs:

Taskunuu fii bayt am shaqqah? (spoken style)
Do youse live in a house or an apartment?

Yaskunuun fii bayt.
They live in a house.

Yacmaluun fii matcam.
They work in a restaurant.

Yadrusuun fi Jaamicat Drexel.
They study at Drexel U.

Ilaa ayna tathhabuun?
Where are y'all going?

Yaktubuun kitaab.
They are writing a book.

Hal tacrifuun ayna taskun cA'isha? (written style)
Do you (pl.) know where cA'isha lives?

Yacrifuun al-Arabiyyah jayyidan.
They know Arabic well.

Negation:  To negate  present tense verbs, you just use the word "Laa," which means "No."

Laa nacrif Ahmad.
We don't know Ahmad.

Laa yacrifuun al-Arabiyyah jayyidan.
They do not know Arabic well.

Laa yaskunuun fii bayt.
They do not live in a house.

Laa yacmaluun fii matcam.
They do not work in a restaurant.

Laa yadrusuun fi Jaamicat Drexel.
They do not study at Drexel U.
 

Plural pronouns:

Nanu (ina)  -  we
Antum (intu) - you pl.  [youse, y'all]
Hum (humma) - they