Chapter 5: Verbs

Question 1

2 type of verbs

Answer 1

• Complete Verb (haddath); time and doing
• Deficient Verb (ghayr haddath); just time

Question 2

Verb Structure

Answer 2

• Basic (mujarab); 4 or 3 letter roots
• Advanced (mazid); more letters to roots

Question 3

3 types of verbs (with their signs)

Answer 3

• Past Tense (maadi) = ends in fatha, 3 letters
• Present / future tense (mudaari) = annaytu
• Imperative / future (amr) = jussive

Question 4

3 types of mudaari verb
(conjugation table)

Answer 4

• No suffix = changes through vowel or letter)
• 2 letter suffix = changes through letter
• 1 letter suffix (nun of women) = mabni

Question 5

Conjugate verb from Maadi to Mudari’

Answer 5

Hans Wehr Dictionary;

• Root letters
• Vowels of maadi (ga-FA-ra)
• Vowles of Mudari’ (u-a-i)

[ = gafara = YUgaffirU ]

Question 6

Conjugate verb from Mudari’ to Amr

Answer 6

1. Change to jazm (Tafalu = Tafal_)
2. Drop Mudari’ letter
3. If first letter is sukoon then add hamza wassul

Question 7

What state is a verb naturally in

Answer 7

Rafi’ - Nominative

Question 8

Accusative Governing Agents

Answer 8

1. ‘Ann’
   (masdariya. strips time of verb. infinitive ‘to’ buy).
2. ‘lan’
   (istiqbaal. negates future for short period. ‘will not’),
3. ‘idhan’
   (‘therefore’. 3 conditions to be agent- beginning of sentence, verb comes immediately after, verb means future).
4. ‘kay’ or ‘likay’
   (ta’aliliya. reason why something is done. or masdariya. ‘in order to’).

{eg. yadribu = AN yadribA
tadrabeena = AN-
tadrabee}

Question 9

Jussive Agents

Answer 9

1. ‘lam’
   (qalb. negates past meaning of verbs. ‘did not’).
2. ‘lamma’
   (qalb. negates verb, past and present. ‘yet’).
3. ‘li’
   (can command in 1st and 3rd person. ‘let’ or ‘should’).
4. ‘la’
   (prohibition. command and negation. ‘do not’).