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Moods of the Arabic Verb

Moods of the Arabic Verb. Gordon Center for Language. Mood. Just as case changes the voweling for nouns, mood changes the voweling for verbs. Mood only affects the present tense of the verb, never the past tense.

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Moods of the Arabic Verb

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  1. Moods of the Arabic Verb Gordon Center for Language

  2. Mood • Just as case changes the voweling for nouns, mood changes the voweling for verbs. • Mood only affects the present tense of the verb, never the past tense. • Arabic has three moods: indicative, subjunctive and jussive. Indicative is the default mood. • A verb will be in the subjunctive if it is preceded by the following particles: ل, كيْ, حتى, كيْلا, أنْ, لأنْ, لنْ, ألّا, لئلّا, عسى • A verb will be in the jussive when it is preceded by لم, when it is the verb in a conditional clause introduced by إنْ, or if it is in the imperative (affirmative or negative).

  3. Mood • Important changes for the jussive • Except for 2nd and 3rd person feminine plural (انتنّ, هنّ), verb conjugations ending in ن lose their final ن • Hollow verbs lose their middle vowel (e.g. يقوم becomes (يقمْ Exceptions: when the vowel is pronounced as a consonant, or if the conjugation ends in a long vowel sound, it is retained. • Defective verbs lose their final vowel (e.g. يدعو becomes (يدعُ • Doubly weak verbs also lose their final vowel (e.g. ياتي becomes ياتْ ) • Hamzated verbs keep their Hamza

  4. Mood • Important changes for the subjunctive • Except for 2nd and 3rd person feminine plural (انتنّ, هنّ), verb conjugations ending in ن lose their final ن

  5. Changes in Unsound Verbs

  6. Conjugations

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