{"id":13262,"date":"2023-06-22T15:58:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/blog\/here-and-now-the-present-tense-in-arabic\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:58:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:58:21","slug":"here-and-now-the-present-tense-in-arabic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/en\/blog\/here-and-now-the-present-tense-in-arabic\/","title":{"rendered":"Here and Now: The Present Tense in Arabic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Got some unfinished business to talk about?&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-e81d9303-7fff-a031-a6ac-c3d4d3a5c3aa\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Well, you\u2019ve come to the right place because today Kaleela\u2019s going to teach you a little bit about the Present Tense in Arabic.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You see, in Arabic, the Present Tense is&nbsp;used to express both habitual and ongoing actions. For example, right now you\u2019re&nbsp; learning Arabic, and assuming you haven\u2019t mastered it, learning Arabic is an ongoing action for you. Thus, in Arabic you would use the present tense to say that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0628\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064e\u0629\u064e<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anaa \u2019ata\u2018allamu il\u2018arabiyyah\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">I learn Arabic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">With that being said, let\u2019s get started on today\u2019s lesson so we can talk about that unfinished business and move on to learning even more Arabic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 96, 145); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Let\u2019s Get Together Again<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 15pt; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Just like in the Arabic <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/blog\/en\/you-wont-get-stuck-in-the-past-with-this-arabic-lesson-the-past-tense-\" target=\"_blank\">Past Tense<\/a> that we\u2019ve recently talked about, the Present Tense in Arabic also relies on the conjugation of verbs. (Again, conjugation is just a fancy way of saying that you have to add letters to the root verb to make agree with other words in the sentence.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">To form the present tense in Arabic, a prefix has to be attached to the root verb, as in:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0646\u064e\u0630\u0647\u064e\u0628\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/naHnu naTHhabu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">To conjugate in the 1st person in the Arabic present tense, use the prefix (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0622<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">), as in:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anaa \u2019af\u2018alu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">I do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">In the 1<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">st<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> person plural, the prefix (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0646\u0640<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">) is used. For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0646\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/naHnu naf\u2018alu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Here are a couple more examples of the 1st person plural:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anaa \u2019ata\u2018allamu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">I learn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0646\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0646\u064f \u0646\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/naHnu nata\u2018allamu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">We learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 96, 145); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Conjugating the Present Tense in the 2nd Person<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">In the Arabic present tense, when conjugating in the 2nd person, the masculine singular noun should be followed by the verb with the prefix (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u062a\u0640<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">) added to the beginning of the verb:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anta taf\u2018alu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You do. (m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Likewise, the feminine singular noun should be followed by the verb with the prefix (\u062a\u0640) added to the beginning; however, it also gets the suffix (\u0640\u064a\u0646) added to the end, like so:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062a\u0650 \u062a\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064a\u0646\u064e<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anti taf\u2018aleena\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You do (f.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.38;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Here are more examples of present tense conjugation in the 2<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">nd<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> person:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anta tashrabu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You drink. (m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u0646\u062a\u0650 \u062a\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0646<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anti tashrabeena\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You drink. (f.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u0646\u062a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anta tatakallamu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You speak. (m.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0623\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062a\u0650 \u062a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0646\u064e<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/\u2019anti tatakallameena\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">You speak. (f.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 24pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: rgb(54, 96, 145); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Conjugating the Present Tense in the 3rd Person<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">When it comes to the masculine 3rd person singular, the verb takes the prefix (<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u064a\u0640<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">). For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u064a\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/huwa yaf\u2018alu<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">He does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">However, the feminine is (\u062a\u064e\u0640\u0640\u0640) should be followed by the verb with the prefix (\u062a):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">&nbsp;\u0647\u0650\u064a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0641\u0652\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/hiya taf\u2018alu<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">She does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Other examples include:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0647\u0648\u064e \u064a\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/huwa yatakallamu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">He speaks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0647\u0650\u064a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u064e\u0645\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/hiya tatakallamu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">She speaks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0647\u064f\u0648\u064e \u064a\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\/huwa yashrabu\/<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">He drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u0647\u0650\u064a\u064e \u062a\u064e\u0634\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064f<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.2; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; 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