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The Fa’il in Maadi
By ArabicTree | March 4, 2008
Your fa’il can be a clear noun, a pronoun, or even a letter attached to your verb! In fi’l maadi (the past-tense verb), every verb conjugation–except the third-person singulars (he and she)–has a fa’il attached to it. Remember, the fa’il always comes after the verb! It’s always an extra letter added. Observe the conjugation for the verb shariba (to drink). The fa’il is indicated in bold:
- هُوَ شَرِبَ: huwa shariba
- هَم شَرِبُو: hum sharibuw
- هِيَ شَرِبَت: hiya sharibat
- هُنَّ شَرِبنَ: hunna sharibna
- أنتَ شَرِبتَ: anta sharibta
- أنتُم شَرِبتُم: antum sharibtum
- أنتِ شَرِبتِ: anti sharibti
- أنتُنَّ شَرِبتُنَّ: antunna sharibtunna
- أنا شَرِبتُ: anaa sharibtu
- نَحنُ شَرِبنَا: nahnu sharibnaa
Again, notice shariba and sharibat don’t have a fa’il. (The ta in sharibat is just a sign of femininity.) For all other verb conjugations, the fa’il is the part after the verb.
Topics: Grammar, Intermediate | 2 Comments »
February 25th, 2009 at 11:39 am
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August 27th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
@Muslim, wa’alikum as-salaam wa rahmatullah; I can’t really order them because they’re random–some from book 1, some from book 2, and some from book 3. If you still need this done, I’ll email you insha’Allah and we can talk.