Unit 6 - Participles Flashcards
participles in Arabic are nouns or adjectives
Active participles describes an action which took place in past but its result continues in the present and future
ana sāken fi lquds
I am living in Jerusalem
Some participles express either present or future depending on the time expressed
for participles, the mas, fem and plural refer to who is speaking.
It is good to use the pronoun before for clarity.
Use masculine for ana (if male), inte, and hiyye.
Use femine for ana (if female), inti, and hiyyee.
Use plural is used for iḥna, intu, and humme.
ana (m) sāken fi l’uds
ana (f) sākne fi lquds
I am living in Jerusalem
ana (m) rāyeḥ halla’
ana (f) rāyḥa halla’
I am going now.
sāken (m)
sākne (f)
sāknīn (pl)
living
šāyef (m)
šāyfe (f)
šāyfīn (pl)
seeing
rāyeḥ (m)
rāyḥa (f)
rāyḥīn (pl)
going
jāyy (m)
jāyye (f)
jāyyīn (pl)
coming
remember that iljāyy/ iljāyye/ iljāyyīn is next
ɪmsāfer (m)
ɪmsāfre (f)
ɪmsāfrīn (pl)
traveling
(traveling by plane)
nāyem (m)
nāyme (f)
nāymīn (pl)
sleeping
fāhem (m)
fāhme (f)
fāhmīn (pl)
understanding
use miš to negate participles
