Conjugation › Arabic › Dafaʿa / yadfaʿ
Arabic · Verb Tables · Beginner
دَفَعَ / يَدْفَعُ (dafaʿa / yadfaʿ) means "to to pay" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) أَدْفَع (adfaʿ), أنتَ (anta) تَدْفَع (tadfaʿ), أنتِ (anti) تَدْفَعِين (tadfaʿīn), هو (huwa) يَدْفَع (yadfaʿ), هي (hiya) تَدْفَع (tadfaʿ), نحن (naḥnu) نَدْفَع (nadfaʿ). Below: all 3 tenses we teach, with examples.
Add a prefix (a-, ta-, ya-, na-) and for 'you (f.)' and the plurals a suffix (-īn, -ūn) to the present stem -ktub. It covers 'I write', 'I am writing' and 'I write every day'; the final -u of formal Arabic is dropped in speech.
| أنا (ana) | أَدْفَع (adfaʿ) |
| أنتَ (anta) | تَدْفَع (tadfaʿ) |
| أنتِ (anti) | تَدْفَعِين (tadfaʿīn) |
| هو (huwa) | يَدْفَع (yadfaʿ) |
| هي (hiya) | تَدْفَع (tadfaʿ) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | نَدْفَع (nadfaʿ) |
| أنتم (antum) | تَدْفَعُون (tadfaʿūn) |
| هم (hum) | يَدْفَعُون (yadfaʿūn) |
Add the suffix to the past stem katab-: -tu, -ta, -ti, -a, -at, -nā, -tum, -ū. It is used for any finished action, 'I wrote', 'I have written'; negate with مَا mā (مَا كَتَبْتُ mā katabtu = I didn't write).
| أنا (ana) | دَفَعْتُ (dafaʿtu) |
| أنتَ (anta) | دَفَعْتَ (dafaʿta) |
| أنتِ (anti) | دَفَعْتِ (dafaʿti) |
| هو (huwa) | دَفَعَ (dafaʿa) |
| هي (hiya) | دَفَعَتْ (dafaʿat) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | دَفَعْنَا (dafaʿnā) |
| أنتم (antum) | دَفَعْتُمْ (dafaʿtum) |
| هم (hum) | دَفَعُوا (dafaʿū) |
Put سَـ sa- (or the separate word سَوْفَ sawfa) in front of the present form: سَأَكْتُب sa-aktub = I will write. Negate with لَنْ lan + present (لَنْ أَكْتُب lan aktub). Spoken: حَـ ḥa- in Egypt, رَحْ raḥ in the Levant.
| أنا (ana) | سَأَدْفَع (sa-adfaʿ) |
| أنتَ (anta) | سَتَدْفَع (sa-tadfaʿ) |
| أنتِ (anti) | سَتَدْفَعِين (sa-tadfaʿīn) |
| هو (huwa) | سَيَدْفَع (sa-yadfaʿ) |
| هي (hiya) | سَتَدْفَع (sa-tadfaʿ) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | سَنَدْفَع (sa-nadfaʿ) |
| أنتم (antum) | سَتَدْفَعُون (sa-tadfaʿūn) |
| هم (hum) | سَيَدْفَعُون (sa-yadfaʿūn) |
| دَفَعْتُ بِالبِطَاقَة dafaʿtu bi-l-biṭāqa | I paid by card. |
| سَنَدْفَعُ نَقْدًا sa-nadfaʿ naqdan | We will pay in cash. |
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