5.6: Present tense (to like, to study)

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    Learning Objectives

    In this section, you will be able to:

    • Learn the present tense verb conjugation with the eight subject pronouns.

    Present tense verb conjugation.

    The verbs الأَفْعَال like nouns أَسْمَاء have three categories to classify them as we mentioned in chapter 3 . 1st. person (speaker). 2nd. person (spoken to). 3rd. person (spoken about). The following chart shows the appropriate suffix/prefix for basic verb to conjugated in the present tense for all the different subject pronouns.

    Table for verb conjugation in present tense

    تصريف الفعل المضارع

    (Present tense verb conjugation)

    الضمائر المنفصلة

    Subject Pronouns/ Arabic

    الضمائر المنفصلة

    Subject Pronouns/ English

    Gender & Number of people
    ---------أَ أنا I 1st. Person Masculine/ Feminine
    ---------نـَ نحنُ We 1st. Person Masculine/ Feminine plural
    ----------تـَ أَنْتَ You 2nd. Person Masculine/ Singular
    تـَ-------يـن أَنْتِ You 2nd. Person Feminine/ Singular 
    تـَ-------ون أَنْتُم You

    2nd. Person Masculine/ Feminine Plural
    --------يـَ هو He 3rd. Person Masculine/ Singular 
    ---------تـَ هي She 3rd. Person Feminine/ Singular
    يـَ--------ون هم They 3rd. Person Masculine/ Plural

    Example of Conjugating the verb to love/ to like (حَبَّ) in present tense for all the different subject pronouns.

    Meaning

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    Pronunciation

    Suffix/Prefix for conjugating basic verb in present tense

    الضمائر المنفصلة

    Subject Pronouns/ Arabic

    Gender & Number of people
    I love / Auheb أُحبُّ أنا 1st. Person Masculine/ Feminine
    We love / nuheb نُحبُّ نحنُ 1st. Person Masculine/ Feminine plural
    You love / tuheb تُحبُّ أَنْتَ 2nd. Person Masculine/ Singular
    You love / tuhebin تُحبَّين أَنْتِ 2nd. Person Feminine/ Singular
    You love / tuhebon تُحبَّون أَنْتُم

    2nd. Person Masculine/ Feminine Plural
    He loves / yuheb يُحبُّ هُوَ 3rd. Person Masculine/ Singular
    She loves / tuheb تُحبُّ هِي 3rd. Person Feminine/ Singular
    They loves / yuhebon يُحبُّون هُم 3rd. Person Masculine/ Plural
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