20 Essential Arabic Verbs

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Match the Arabic verb with its correct English translation:

يَكْتُب (yaktubu) = to write يَقْرَأ (yaqra'u) = to read يَفْهَم (yafhamu) = to understand يَذْهَب (yadhhabu) = to go

Match the English verb to its corresponding transliterated Arabic verb:

To Write = yaktubu To Read = yaqra'u To Speak = yatakallamu To Understand = yafhamu

Match the Arabic verb with its trilateral root form (used to derive other verb forms):

يَكْتُب (yaktubu) = ك ت ب (k-t-b) يَقْرَأ (yaqra'u) = ق ر أ (q-r-ʾ) يَفْهَم (yafhamu) = ف ه م (f-h-m) يَذْهَب (yadhhabu) = ذ ه ب (dh-h-b)

Match the Arabic verb with its aspect. Hint: consider whether the action is complete or in progress.

يَكْتُب (yaktubu) = Imperfective (Ongoing action) يَقْرَأ (yaqra'u) = Imperfective (Ongoing action) اُكْتُب = Imperative (Command) قَرَأَ = Perfective (Completed action) Signup and view all the answers

Match these verbs with their imperative (command) forms:

يَأْكُل (ya'kulu) - He eats = كُلْ (kul) - Eat! يَشْرَب (yashrabu) - He drinks = اِشْرَبْ (ishrab) - Drink! يَجْلِس (yajlisu) - He sits = اِجْلِسْ (ijlis) - Sit! يَذْهَب (yadhhabu) - He goes = اِذْهَبْ (idhhab) - Go! Signup and view all the answers

Match the verb form with its appropriate usage.

يَذْهَب (yadhhabu) - He goes = Describing a habitual or continuous action ذَهَبَ (dhahaba) - He went = Narrating a completed event in the past اِذْهَبْ (idhhab) - Go! = Giving a command or instruction لَا تَذْهَبْ (la tadhhab) - Do not go! = Expressing a prohibition or negative command Signup and view all the answers

Match the verb with its corresponding masdar (verbal noun):

كَتَبَ (kataba) - He wrote = كِتَابَة (kitaabah) - Writing قَرَأَ (qara'a) - He read = قِرَاءَة (qiraa'ah) - Reading فَهِمَ (fahima) - He understood = فَهْم (fahm) - Understanding عَمِلَ (amila) - He worked = عَمَل (amal) - Work Signup and view all the answers

Match the verb يَفْعَلُ (yaf'alu) with its conjugation based on pronoun:

أَنَا (ʾanaa) - I = أَفْعَلُ (ʾafʿalu) - I do أَنْتَ (ʾanta) - You (masculine) = تَفْعَلُ (tafʿalu) - You do هُوَ (huwa) - He = يَفْعَلُ (yafʿalu) - He does هِيَ (hiya) - She = تَفْعَلُ (tafʿalu) - She does Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

yaktubu (يكتب)

To write.

yaqra'u (يقرأ)

To read.