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![]() | DyaeNovember 2024 the past tense is often expressed by adding specific suffixes to the root of the verb. ktb is the root of write, which maybe almost conjugated as ”He” Ana ktbt: I wrote. Nta ktbti: You (male) wrote. Nti ktbti: You (female) wrote. Huwa ktb: He wrote. Hiya ktbat: She wrote. Hna ktbna: We wrote. Ntuma ktbtu: You (plural) wrote. Huma ktbu: They wrote 1 Suffixes are added to the root to indicate the subject. root is shrb Example: shrbt (I drank), shrbat (she drank), shrbna (we drank). -- 2 The root verb remains unchanged for most regular verbs. Example: The root drb (to hit) becomes drbt (I hit), drbti (you hit). -- 3 Sometimes, the vowel sound changes slightly in irregular verbs. Example: kla (he ate), klit (I ate), klina (we ate). |