Conjugation › Arabic › Shariba / yashrab
Arabic · Verb Tables · Beginner
شَرِبَ / يَشْرَبُ (shariba / yashrab) means "to to drink" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) أَشْرَب (ashrab), أنتَ (anta) تَشْرَب (tashrab), أنتِ (anti) تَشْرَبِين (tashrabīn), هو (huwa) يَشْرَب (yashrab), هي (hiya) تَشْرَب (tashrab), نحن (naḥnu) نَشْرَب (nashrab). 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) | أَشْرَب (ashrab) |
| أنتَ (anta) | تَشْرَب (tashrab) |
| أنتِ (anti) | تَشْرَبِين (tashrabīn) |
| هو (huwa) | يَشْرَب (yashrab) |
| هي (hiya) | تَشْرَب (tashrab) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | نَشْرَب (nashrab) |
| أنتم (antum) | تَشْرَبُون (tashrabūn) |
| هم (hum) | يَشْرَبُون (yashrabūn) |
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) | شَرِبْتُ (sharibtu) |
| أنتَ (anta) | شَرِبْتَ (sharibta) |
| أنتِ (anti) | شَرِبْتِ (sharibti) |
| هو (huwa) | شَرِبَ (shariba) |
| هي (hiya) | شَرِبَتْ (sharibat) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | شَرِبْنَا (sharibnā) |
| أنتم (antum) | شَرِبْتُمْ (sharibtum) |
| هم (hum) | شَرِبُوا (sharibū) |
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) | سَأَشْرَب (sa-ashrab) |
| أنتَ (anta) | سَتَشْرَب (sa-tashrab) |
| أنتِ (anti) | سَتَشْرَبِين (sa-tashrabīn) |
| هو (huwa) | سَيَشْرَب (sa-yashrab) |
| هي (hiya) | سَتَشْرَب (sa-tashrab) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | سَنَشْرَب (sa-nashrab) |
| أنتم (antum) | سَتَشْرَبُون (sa-tashrabūn) |
| هم (hum) | سَيَشْرَبُون (sa-yashrabūn) |
| شَرِبْنَا شَاي بِالنَّعْنَاع sharibnā shāy bi-n-naʿnāʿ | We drank mint tea. |
| مَاذَا تَشْرَبُ؟ mādhā tashrab? | What will you drink? (what do you drink?) |
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