Arabic Irregular Verbs: Weak VerbsPosted by 

aziza on Feb 24, 2010 in Arabic

Language, Grammar

This post deals with conjugation of verbs that have a final vowel. They are called weak verbs( ‫الفعل‬
‫)الناقص‬, e.g. ( ‫)ر َمى‬
َ “threw” and ( ‫“ )نما‬grew”, etc. In the past tense, the final vowel is returned to its
origin, and it disappears with some pronouns, i.e. ( ‫)هي‬, ( ‫ )هم‬and ( ‫ )هما‬feminine only for the last one.
Consider the examples below.

‫َر َمى‬ ‫نما‬

‫أنا‬ ُ ‫َر َم‬

‫يت‬ ُ ‫نَ َم‬
‫وت‬

َ‫أنت‬ َ‫َر َميت‬ َ‫نَ َموت‬

‫ت‬
ِ ‫أن‬ ‫ت‬
ِ ‫َر َمي‬ ِ ‫نَ َمو‬
‫ت‬

‫هو‬ ‫َر َمى‬ ‫نَما‬

‫هي‬ ‫َر َمت‬ ‫نَ َمت‬

m‫هما‬ ‫َر َميا‬ ‫نَ َموا‬

f ‫هما‬ ‫َر َمتا‬ ‫نَ َمتا‬

‫نحن‬ ‫َر َمينا‬ ‫نَ َمونا‬

‫أنتما‬ ‫َر َميتما‬ ‫نَ َموتما‬

‫أنتم‬ ‫َر َميتم‬ ‫نَ َموتم‬

‫أنتن‬ ‫َر َميتن‬ ‫نَ َموتن‬

‫هم‬ ‫َر َموا‬ ‫نَ َموا‬

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‫هن‬ َ‫َر َمين‬ َ‫نَ َمون‬