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Table I: Past Tense (Active)

1. He did

2. Those two did

3. They did
4. She did
5. Those two (women) did
6. They (women) did
7. You did
8. You two did
9. You all did
10. You (woman) did
11. You two (women) did
12. You all (women) did
13. I did
14. We did

Masculine

Third
Person

Feminine

Masculine

Second
Person

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Feminine

Common

First
Person


They knew (masc.) (3)

He knew (1)

They knew (fem.) (6)

She knew (4)

You all knew (masc.) (9)

You knew (masc.)(7)

You all knew (fem.) (12)

You knew (fem.)(10)

I knew (13)

We knew (14)

They ate

He ate

They ate (fem)

She ate

You all ate

You ate

You all ate (fem)

You ate (fem.)

We ate

I ate

They read

He read

They read (fem)

She read

You all read

You read

You all read (fem)

You read (fem.)

We read

I read

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You were angry with him

She struck her

We took or caught him

I hit him

He made it

He laughed at him

Allah the great told the truth

The man entered the house and the two guests also
entered, and the people of the house all of them,
felt happy. So the maid cooked the food, the two
girls cleaned up the rooms and all of the women
worked hard. The father asked his uncle: Did you
hear todays news? And you two, O boys, Did you
two breakfast, and you, all, O people, all of you, Did
you read the newspaper, and you dear daughter, why
did you strike the cat? And you two pretty
daughters, why have you put on old clothes? And
you all O women, did you sit down in the Hadith
circle, for I read it alone myself, but it would be
better if we all read it together.

You all dislike it

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Exercises (lesson-18)
I.

II.

Write the meaning of the following.

Write the past tense of the following for third, second and first person singular, plural, male
and female. Write the meaning in each case under the word as in the examples above. Give
all the harakaat.

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