Lesson 5 - Al Fi'l Al Mudari' Al Ma'roof

Question 1

Define Al Fi’l Al Mudari’

Answer 1

The Imperfect tense. It is that verb which indicates the occurrence of an action in the present or future tense

Question 2

How is Al Fi’l Al Mudari’ made? Give an Example

Answer 2

It is made by prefixing one of the اتين letters onto Al Fi’l Al Maadi
e.g. يضرب

Question 3

What are the اتين letters known as?

Answer 3

علامة المضارع

Question 4

What is rule 1a of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’?

Answer 4

The last letter is Marfoo’ in the following 5 forms
يضرب تضرب تضرب اضرب نضرب

Question 5

What is rule 1b of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’?

Answer 5

Noon I’rabi is added to 7 forms

4 duals يضربان تضربان تضربان تضربان
2 masculine plurals يضربون تضربون
1 singular feminine تضربين

Question 6

What is rule 1c of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’?

Answer 6

The Noon Maftooh (Noon Dameer Fa’il) which is at the end of the feminine plural forms remains established in any case

يضربن تضربن

Question 7

What is rule 2 of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’?

Answer 7

The Ayn Kalimah of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’ can be

Madhmoom - ينصر
Maftooh - يشرب
Maksoor - يغسل

Question 8

What is rule 3 of Al Fi’l Al Mudari’?

Answer 8

Al Fi’l Al Mudari’ contains both present and future but can be made to indicate:

present tense by adding Lam - ليضرب he strikes
near future tense by adding seen - سيضرب he will strike soon
distant future by adding sawfa - سوف يضرب he will strike after a while