Conjugation › Arabic › Qāla / yaqūl
Arabic · Verb Tables · Beginner
قَالَ / يَقُولُ (qāla / yaqūl) means "to to say" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) أَقُول (aqūl), أنتَ (anta) تَقُول (taqūl), أنتِ (anti) تَقُولِين (taqūlīn), هو (huwa) يَقُول (yaqūl), هي (hiya) تَقُول (taqūl), نحن (naḥnu) نَقُول (naqūl). 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) | أَقُول (aqūl) |
| أنتَ (anta) | تَقُول (taqūl) |
| أنتِ (anti) | تَقُولِين (taqūlīn) |
| هو (huwa) | يَقُول (yaqūl) |
| هي (hiya) | تَقُول (taqūl) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | نَقُول (naqūl) |
| أنتم (antum) | تَقُولُون (taqūlūn) |
| هم (hum) | يَقُولُون (yaqūlūn) |
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) | قُلْتُ (qultu) |
| أنتَ (anta) | قُلْتَ (qulta) |
| أنتِ (anti) | قُلْتِ (qulti) |
| هو (huwa) | قَالَ (qāla) |
| هي (hiya) | قَالَتْ (qālat) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | قُلْنَا (qulnā) |
| أنتم (antum) | قُلْتُمْ (qultum) |
| هم (hum) | قَالُوا (qālū) |
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) | سَأَقُول (sa-aqūl) |
| أنتَ (anta) | سَتَقُول (sa-taqūl) |
| أنتِ (anti) | سَتَقُولِين (sa-taqūlīn) |
| هو (huwa) | سَيَقُول (sa-yaqūl) |
| هي (hiya) | سَتَقُول (sa-taqūl) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | سَنَقُول (sa-naqūl) |
| أنتم (antum) | سَتَقُولُون (sa-taqūlūn) |
| هم (hum) | سَيَقُولُون (sa-yaqūlūn) |
| مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ mādhā qulta? | What did you say? |
| كَيْفَ تَقُولُ هٰذَا بِالعَرَبِيَّة؟ kayfa taqūl hādhā bi-l-ʿarabiyya? | How do you say this in Arabic? |
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