# Arabic/Verbs

A textbook about Arabic verbs and their conjugations and paradigms.

# Paradigms
## Conjugation of weak verb رَمَى ramaa to shoot
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| Number | English pronoun | Arabic pronoun | perfect | indicative | subjunctive | jussive | emphatic 1 | emphatic 2 | simple imperative | imperative emphatic 1 | imperative emphatic 2 | agent noun |
| 3rd masc. sing. | he | هو | مَدَّ | يمُدُّ | يَمُدَّ | يَمْدُدْ | يَمُدَّنَّ | يمُدًّا | na | na | na | مَادَّ |
| 3rd fem. sing. | she | هی | مَدَّتْ | تمُدُّ | تمُدَّ | تَمْدُدْ | تمُدَّنَّ | تَمُدًّا | na | na | na | مَادَّة |
| 3rd masc. dual | | هما | مَدَّا~~ |
| 2nd fem. dual | | هما | رَمَتَا | تَرْمِيَانِ | تَرْمِيَا | ibid. | ترمِيَانِّ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 3rd masc. plur. | they | هم | رَمَوْا | يَرْمُونَ | يرمُوا | ibid. | يَرْمُنَّ | يرمُنْ | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 3rd fem. plur. | | هنّ | رَمَيْنَ | يَرْمِيْنَ | ibid. | ibid | يَرْمِيْنَانِّ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 2nd masc. sing. | thou | أنتَ | رَمَيْتَ | تَرْمِيْ | ترْمِيَ | ترْمِ | تَرْمِيَنَّ | تَرْمِيَنْ | اِرْمِ | إِرْمِيَنَّ | اِرْمِيَنْ | |
| 2nd fem. sing. | | أنتِ | رَمَيْتِ | تَرْمِيْنَ | تَرْمِيْ | ibid | تَرْمِنَّ | تَرْمِنْ | اِرْمِنْ | |
| 2nd dual | | أنتما | رَمَيْتُمَا | تَرْمِيَانِ | تَرْمِيَا | ibid | تَرْمِيَانِّ | n/a | اِرْمِيَا | اِرْمِيَانِّ | n/a | |
| 2nd masc. plur. | ye | أنتم | رَمَيْتُمْ | تَرْمُوْنَ | تَرْمُوْا | ibid | تَرْمُنَّ | تَرْمُنْ | اِرْمُوْا | اِرْمُنَّ | إِرْمُنْ | |
| 2nd fem. plur. | | أنتنّ | رَمَيْتُنَّ | تَرْمِيْنَ | ibid. | ibid | تَرْمِيْنَانِّ | n/a | إِرْمِيْنَ | اِرْمِيْنَانِّ | n/a | |
| 1st sing. | I | أنا | رَمَيْتُ | اَرْمِيْ | أَرْمِيَ | اَرْمِ | اَرْمِيَنَّ | اَرْمِيَنْ | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| 1st plur. | we | نحن | رَمَيْنَا | نَرْمِيْ | نَرْمِيَ | نَرْمِ | نَرْمِيَنَّ | نَرْمِيَنْ | n/a | n/a | n/a | |

## Conjugation of weak verb مَدَّ madda to extend
### first form
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# Other approach

A verb is a word that tells us that someone or something is doing something. For example, "I went to school." In that sentence the word "went" is a verb. A verb tells us what action is happening, that is why verbs are called "action words".
In Arabic, like English, verbs are conjugated. This means that the verb changes depending on who is doing the action. For example:
"I went to school"
"He went to school"
In an Arabic translation of the above two sentences, the word for "went" would differ between the sentences. In one it would be ذهبت (dhahabtu) and in the other it would be ذهب (dhahaba). This is what conjugation is all about. When the person doing the action is different (for example I, instead of he) the verb also changes in Arabic. They differ depending on the pronoun.
For example, in English:
I go. BUT He goes. NOT He go.
Just like in Arabic. (a-na adh-hab (u))أنا أذهب BUT (hu-wa yadh-hab(u)) هو يذهب Not (hu-wa adh-hab (u)) هو أذهب
So why can't one use the same verb? Because verbs conjugate. If you do not conjugate the verb properly two things can happen:
* People don't understand who you are talking about (because the way the verb is conjugated doesn't match up to what you are talking about)
* People don't understand what verb you are using, conjugating improperly, might make people think you meant something else.
So
* Conjugation is important
* Conjugation happens in English as well as Arabic
Here is a table of pronouns: Verbs are conjugated according to the pronoun that represents the one who is doing the action.
| نحن | نحن | أنا | I | we | we |
| أنتم أنتن | أنتما | أنتَ أنتِ | you guy you girl | you two | you guys you girls |
| هم هن | هما | هو هي | he she | them two | those guys those girls |

## Pronunciation key (non-pausal)

| نـَحْنُ | نـَحْنُ | أَنَا | a-na | naH-nu | naH-nu |
| أَنْتُمْ أَنـْتـُنَ | أَنـْتـُمَا | أَنـْتَ أَنـْتِ | an-ta an-ti | an-tu-maa | an-tum an-tun-na |
| هـُمْ هـُنّ | هُمَا | هُوَ هِيَ | hu-wa hi-ya | hu-maa | hum hun-na |
أنا is always normally prounced a-na even though it's spelling indicates a-naa. The exception to this rule is in specific places of the Quran (qur'aan).

## See also

* Fa3ala (to do)