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المُضارِع المَرفوع The Standard Present Tense / Al-MuDaariع Al-Marfuuع
This is the "general use" mood, and it's also used for the future tense (with a prefix or preceding word). It's marked by a ُُ ضَمّة Damma (short vowel "u") on the final consonant of the verb:
يَفْعَلُ
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المُضارِع المَنْصوب The Subjunctive / Al-MuDaariع Al-ManSuub
The subjunctive is marked by a َ فَتْحة fatHa (short vowel "a") on the final consonant:
يَفْعَلَ
It's used following several particles. The three most common of these are:
أَنْ "To"
As in: "I want to," "I need to," "I like to," etc.
أُريدُ أَنْ أَجْلِسَ I want to sit (Ureedu an ajlisa)
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المُضارِع المَجْزوم The Jussive / Al-MuDaariع Al-Majzuum
Work in progress : )
3 comments:
Thanks for putting this up here. I'm going to Egypt in a few months, and my goal is at very least to get the Arabic alphabet and corresponding sounds down before I get there.
Hi, I'm so jealous! I reaaaallly want to go to Egypt someday.
I probably won't be too much help here with basic alphabet stuff and spoken dialect, but if you check out the links I think there's some helpful stuff there, like ArEg Egyptian Arabic. Also, the book "Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds" in the book list is what I used, and I think it should be fine if you're studying on your own.
Good luck in Egypt!
PS---in Arabic, Egypt is "MaSr" or "MiSr"....مصر
: )
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