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:
Na
nu (i
na)
- we
Antum (intu) - you pl. [youse, y'all]
Hum (humma) - they