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Arabic · Verb Tables · Beginner
جَاءَ / يَجِيءُ (jāʾa / yajīʾ) means "to to come" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) أَجِيء (ajīʾ), أنتَ (anta) تَجِيء (tajīʾ), أنتِ (anti) تَجِيئِين (tajīʾīn), هو (huwa) يَجِيء (yajīʾ), هي (hiya) تَجِيء (tajīʾ), نحن (naḥnu) نَجِيء (najīʾ). 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) | أَجِيء (ajīʾ) |
| أنتَ (anta) | تَجِيء (tajīʾ) |
| أنتِ (anti) | تَجِيئِين (tajīʾīn) |
| هو (huwa) | يَجِيء (yajīʾ) |
| هي (hiya) | تَجِيء (tajīʾ) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | نَجِيء (najīʾ) |
| أنتم (antum) | تَجِيئُون (tajīʾūn) |
| هم (hum) | يَجِيئُون (yajīʾūn) |
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) | جِئْتُ (jiʾtu) |
| أنتَ (anta) | جِئْتَ (jiʾta) |
| أنتِ (anti) | جِئْتِ (jiʾti) |
| هو (huwa) | جَاءَ (jāʾa) |
| هي (hiya) | جَاءَتْ (jāʾat) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | جِئْنَا (jiʾnā) |
| أنتم (antum) | جِئْتُمْ (jiʾtum) |
| هم (hum) | جَاؤُوا (jāʾū) |
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) | سَأَجِيء (sa-ajīʾ) |
| أنتَ (anta) | سَتَجِيء (sa-tajīʾ) |
| أنتِ (anti) | سَتَجِيئِين (sa-tajīʾīn) |
| هو (huwa) | سَيَجِيء (sa-yajīʾ) |
| هي (hiya) | سَتَجِيء (sa-tajīʾ) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | سَنَجِيء (sa-najīʾ) |
| أنتم (antum) | سَتَجِيئُون (sa-tajīʾūn) |
| هم (hum) | سَيَجِيئُون (sa-yajīʾūn) |
| جِئْتُ مِنْ لَنْدَن jiʾtu min landan | I came from London. |
| مَتَى سَيَجِيءُ البَاص؟ matā sa-yajīʾ al-bāṣ? | When will the bus come? |
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