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Fa'ala Conjugation

فَعَلَ (fa'ala) means "to to do / make" in Arabic. Present: أنا (ana) أفْعَل [af'al], أنتَ (anta) تَفْعَل [taf'al], أنتِ (anti) تَفْعَلين [taf'aliin], هو (huwa) يَفْعَل [yaf'al], هي (hiya) تَفْعَل [taf'al], نحن (naḥnu) نَفْعَل [naf'al]. Below: all 1 tenses we teach, with examples.

Present المضارع (al-muḍāri‘)

Prefix (a-, ta-, ya-, na-) + present stem -ktub-, plus -iin for 'you (f.)' and -uun for the plurals. It covers both 'I write' and 'I am writing', and with a time word also the near future.

أنا (ana)أفْعَل [af'al]
أنتَ (anta)تَفْعَل [taf'al]
أنتِ (anti)تَفْعَلين [taf'aliin]
هو (huwa)يَفْعَل [yaf'al]
هي (hiya)تَفْعَل [taf'al]
نحن (naḥnu)نَفْعَل [naf'al]
أنتم (antum)تَفْعَلون [taf'aluun]
هم (hum)يَفْعَلون [yaf'aluun]

Examples

ماذا أفْعَل؟
maadhaa af'al?
What do I do?
ماذا تَفْعَل هُنا؟
maadhaa taf'al hunaa?
What are you doing here?

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