Showing posts with label moods. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moods. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Moods of the Present Tense

Honestly speaking, I don't fully understand the nature of "moods," but I do know that the Arabic present tense has three of them.

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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




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