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Istataa'a Conjugation

اِسْتَطاعَ (istataa'a) means "to can, to be able" in Arabic. Present: أنا (ana) أسْتَطيع [astatii'], أنتَ (anta) تَسْتَطيع [tastatii'], أنتِ (anti) تَسْتَطيعين [tastatii'iin], هو (huwa) يَسْتَطيع [yastatii'], هي (hiya) تَسْتَطيع [tastatii'], نحن (naḥnu) نَسْتَطيع [nastatii']. 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)أسْتَطيع [astatii']
أنتَ (anta)تَسْتَطيع [tastatii']
أنتِ (anti)تَسْتَطيعين [tastatii'iin]
هو (huwa)يَسْتَطيع [yastatii']
هي (hiya)تَسْتَطيع [tastatii']
نحن (naḥnu)نَسْتَطيع [nastatii']
أنتم (antum)تَسْتَطيعون [tastatii'uun]
هم (hum)يَسْتَطيعون [yastatii'uun]

Examples

هَل تَسْتَطيع مُساعَدَتي؟
hal tastatii' musaa'adatii?
Can you help me?
لا أسْتَطيع
laa astatii'
I can't

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