الفعل الماضي The Past-Tense Verb
The Past-Tense Pattern ف ع ل e.g. ن ص ر (he helped), ج ل س (he sat).
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل 3 rd Masculine Singular He
Conjugation #2 after the last base letter ا فعال
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 3 rd Masculine 1 ف ع ل Singular He فعال Dual (2) They (M2) 2
Conjugation #3 فعل وا letter with a on the third base و pronounced. is silent and not و after the ا
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent صيغه Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He 3 rd Masculine فعال Dual (2) They (M2) 2 فعل وا Plural (>2) They (M>2) 3
Conjugation #4 فعل ت - ت
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He 3 rd Masculine فعال Dual (2) They (M2) 2 فعل وا Plural (>2) They (M>2) 3 فعل ت Feminine Singular She 4
Conjugation #5 فعل تا - تا
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He 3 rd Masculine Feminine 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 فعل وا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They
Conjugation #6 position becomes sakin and remains this ل way until the end of the table. فعل ن - ن
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He 3 rd Masculine Feminine 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 فعل وا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They
Conjugation #7 فعل ت - ت
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 3 rd Masculine Feminine 1 ف ع ل Singular He 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 فعل وا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) 2nd Masculine Singular You
Conjugation #8 فعل ت ما - ت ا
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He 3 rd 2nd Masculine Feminine Masculine 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 فعل وا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) Singular You 8 فعل تما (M2) Dual (2) You
Conjugation #9 فعل ت م - ت
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 3 rd 2nd Masculine Feminine Masculine 1 ف ع ل Singular He Dual (2) (M2) They فعال 2 Plural (>2) (M>2) They فعلوا 3 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) Singular You 8 فعل تما (M2) Dual (2) You 9 فعل ت م (M>2) Plural (>2) You
Conjugation #10 فعل ت - ت
(الفعل الماضي) Conjugation Table صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 1 ف ع ل Singular He Masculine 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 rd 2nd Feminine Masculine 3 فعلوا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) Singular You 8 فعل تما (M2) Dual (2) You 9 فعل ت م (M>2) Plural (>2) You 10 فعل ت (F) Feminine Singular You
Conjugation #11 & #12 For dual feminine second person the suffix is فعلتما - تا فعل ت - تن plural, For
صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 3 rd 2nd Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine 1 ف ع ل Singular He Dual (2) (M2) They فعال 2 Plural (>2) (M>2) They فعلوا 3 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) Singular You 8 فعل تما (M2) Dual (2) You 9 فعل ت م (M>2) Plural (>2) You 10 فعل ت (F) Singular You 11 فعل تما (F2) Dual (2) You 12 فعل ت (F>2) Plural (>2) You
First Person: #13 & #14 فعل ت - ت فعل نا - نا
صيغه Person Gender Plurality English Equivalent Arabic 3 rd 2nd 1st Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Masculine and Feminine 1 ف ع ل Singular He 2 فعال (M2) Dual (2) They 3 فعل وا (M>2) Plural (>2) They 4 فعل ت Singular She 5 فعل تا (F2) Dual (2) They 6 فعل ن (F>2) Plural (>2) They 7 فعل ت (M) Singular You 8 فعل تما (M2) Dual (2) You 9 فعل ت م (M>2) Plural (>2) You 10 فعل ت (F) Singular You 11 فعل تما (F2) Dual (2) You 12 فعل ت (F>2) Plural (>2) You 13 فعل ت (M/F) Singular I 14 فعل نا (M/F 2) Plural ( 2) We
(م ج ه ول) Passive Voice Verb is directed towards the object and the subject is missing e.g. He was helped. Change the vowelling of the second to last letter to if it is not already. Change the vowel of the ف position to. Object whose three aspects are being reflected by the suffixes.
(م نفي) Negative Verbs in front of both the active and passive voice patterns, the verbs become negative. ما particle By placing the e.g. help), (he did not ما ن ص ر ما نصر helped). (he was not
ماضي م عو رف م ث ب ت Summary simple past-tense, active affirmative :ف ع ل ماضي م ه ول م ث ب ت simple past-tense, passive affirmative :ف ع ل ماضي م عو رف م نفي simple past-tense, active negative :ما ف ع ل ماضي م ه ول م نفي simple past-tense, passive negative :ما ف ع ل