Past tense
Past tense
A verb in past tense refers to an action that already happened and finished
As in
أَنا كَتَبْــتْ رِسالَة
/ʼanaa katabt risaalah/
Means
I wrote a letter
Conjugating verbs tells who did the action
and
when the action is/ was/ will be done
The suffixes we add to the root of the verb should agree with the gender and the number of the people who did the action
Conjugating in first person (Singular)
أَنا
should be followed by the verb and then the suffix
تْ
should be added at the end of the verb
As in
أَنا عَمَلــتْ
/ʼanaa ʻamalt/
Means
I did
Conjugating in first person (Plural)
اِحْنا
should be followed by the verb and then the suffix
نا
should be added at the end of the verb
As in
اِحْنا عَمَلـْـنا
/iHnaa ʻamlnaa/
Means
We did
Examples:
أَنا رُحْــتْ
/ʼanaa ruHt/
I went
اِحْنا رُحْــنا
/iHnaa ruHnaa/
We went
Examples:
أَنا قَريــتْ
/ʼanaa ʼareet/
I read
اِحْنا قَريــنا
/iHnaa ʼareenaa/
We read
Examples:
أَنا كَتَبْــتْ
/ʼanaa katabt/
I wrote
اِحْنا كَتَبْــنا
/iHnaa katabnaa/
We wrote
كِتابْ
/kitaab/
Means
Book
رِسالَة
/risaalah/
Means
Letter/ Text
اِمْبارِح
/imbaariH/
Means
Yesterday
Adverbs can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of the sentence
اللي فات
/illee faat/
Means
Last/ Previous
اللي فاتِتْ
/illee faatit/
For feminine nouns
Conjugating in second person (Masculine/ Singular):
إِنْتَ
should be followed by the verb and then the suffix
تْ
should be added at the end of the verb
As in
إِنْتَ رُحْــتْ
/ʼinta ruHt/
Means
You went (Masculine)
Conjugating in second person (Feminine/ Singular):
إِنْتِ
should be followed by the verb and then the suffix
تي
should be added at the end of the verb
As in
إِنْتِ رُحْتــي
/ʼinti ruHtee/
Means
You went (Feminine)
Examples:
إِنْتَ رُحْــتْ
/ʼinta ruHit/
You went (Masculine)
إِنْتِ رُحْتــي
/ʼinti ruHtee/
You went (Feminine)
Examples:
إِنْتَ كَتَبْــتْ
/ʼinta katabt/
You wrote (Masculine)
إِنْتِ كَتَبْــتي
/ʼinti katabtee/
You wrote (Feminine)
Examples:
إِنْتَ قَريــتْ
/ʼinta ʼareet/
You read (Masculine)
إِنْتِ قَريتــي
/ʼinti ʼareetee/
You read (Feminine)
Conjugating in third person (Masculine/ Singular):
هُوَّ
should be followed by the verb. No suffix should be added because it is the root of the verb
As in
هُوَّ زاكِر
/huwwah zaakir/
Means
He studied
Conjugating in third person (Feminine/ Singular):
هِيَّ
should be followed by the verb and then the suffix
تْ
should be added at the end of the verb
As in
هِيَّ راحِــتْ
/hiyyah raaHit/
Means
She went
Examples:
هُوَّ كَتَبْ
/huwwah katab/
He wrote
هِيَّكَتَبِــتْ
/hiyyah katabit/
She wrote
Examples:
هُوَّ راحْ
/huwwah raaH/
He went
هِيَّ راحِــتْ
/hiyyah raaHit/
She went
Examples:
هُوَّ قَرَا
/huwwah ʼaraa/
He read
هِيَّ قَرِتْ
/hiyyah ʼarit/
She read
In Arabic, the subject pronoun is frequently dropped. The conjugated verb shows who the subject is
كَتَبْــتْ الرِّسالَة
Or
أَنا كَتَبْــتْ الرِّسالَة
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