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    The Faa’il in Verb Duals

    By ArabicTree | October 15, 2008

    If you’re familiar with verb conjugation, you’ll know that the form of the verb usually has the faa’il in it–for example, the faa’il in kharajuw (خَرَجُو) is the waw (waw-ul-jam’ah). But what about the duals?

    In the dual forms, the faa’il is the alif–which is called Alif-ul-Uthayn (الِفُ الأثَينِ).

    So in maadi, the alif is evident in humaa and antumaa, like so:

    هُما خَرَجَا
    أنتُما خَرَجتُما

    In mudaari’, the alif is evident in all the duals–humaa and antumaa, masculine and feminine:

    هُما يَخرانِ
    أنتُما تَخرانِ

    And that’s it! We’re not going into much more detail other than this; just remember that you don’t want to add a second faa’il in the form of some marfoo’ verbs.

    Wallahu ‘alim.

    Topics: Grammar, Intermediate | 1 Comment »

    One Response to “The Faa’il in Verb Duals”

    1. R Roto Says:
      October 15th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

      Nice posting, jazakaLLahu khairon.

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