Conjugation › Arabic › Wajada / yajid
Arabic · Verb Tables · Beginner
وَجَدَ / يَجِدُ (wajada / yajid) means "to to find" in Arabic. Simplest present: أنا (ana) أَجِد (ajid), أنتَ (anta) تَجِد (tajid), أنتِ (anti) تَجِدِين (tajidīn), هو (huwa) يَجِد (yajid), هي (hiya) تَجِد (tajid), نحن (naḥnu) نَجِد (najid). 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) | أَجِد (ajid) |
| أنتَ (anta) | تَجِد (tajid) |
| أنتِ (anti) | تَجِدِين (tajidīn) |
| هو (huwa) | يَجِد (yajid) |
| هي (hiya) | تَجِد (tajid) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | نَجِد (najid) |
| أنتم (antum) | تَجِدُون (tajidūn) |
| هم (hum) | يَجِدُون (yajidūn) |
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) | وَجَدْتُ (wajadtu) |
| أنتَ (anta) | وَجَدْتَ (wajadta) |
| أنتِ (anti) | وَجَدْتِ (wajadti) |
| هو (huwa) | وَجَدَ (wajada) |
| هي (hiya) | وَجَدَتْ (wajadat) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | وَجَدْنَا (wajadnā) |
| أنتم (antum) | وَجَدْتُمْ (wajadtum) |
| هم (hum) | وَجَدُوا (wajadū) |
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) | سَأَجِد (sa-ajid) |
| أنتَ (anta) | سَتَجِد (sa-tajid) |
| أنتِ (anti) | سَتَجِدِين (sa-tajidīn) |
| هو (huwa) | سَيَجِد (sa-yajid) |
| هي (hiya) | سَتَجِد (sa-tajid) |
| نحن (naḥnu) | سَنَجِد (sa-najid) |
| أنتم (antum) | سَتَجِدُون (sa-tajidūn) |
| هم (hum) | سَيَجِدُون (sa-yajidūn) |
| وَجَدْتُ مَحْفَظَتِي فِي الحَقِيبَة wajadtu maḥfaẓatī fī l-ḥaqība | I found my wallet in the bag. |
| لَا أَجِدُ الفُنْدُق عَلَى الخَرِيطَة lā ajid al-funduq ʿalā l-kharīṭa | I can't find the hotel on the map. |
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