Language/Hijazi-arabic/Grammar/Conditional-Mood
Hi Hijazi Arabic learners! 😊
In today's lesson, we will be discussing the conditional mood in Hijazi Arabic. The conditional mood is used to express a hypothetical situation or an event that may or may not happen in the future. It is also used to express wishes and desires.
Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: Future Tense, Negation & Plurals.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The conditional mood is formed by adding the suffixes -u, -a, -i, or -na to the verb stem. The suffixes are added depending on the person and number of the subject.
Person and Number[edit | edit source]
The suffixes -u, -a, -i, and -na are added to the verb stem depending on the person and number of the subject.
- For the first person singular (I), the suffix -u is added.
- For the second person singular (you), the suffix -a is added.
- For the third person singular (he/she/it), the suffix -i is added.
- For the first person plural (we), the suffix -na is added.
Examples[edit | edit source]
Let's look at some examples of the conditional mood in action.
- If I go (ana 'aridu), the suffix -u is added to the verb stem 'arid- to form 'aridu.
- If you go (anta 'arida), the suffix -a is added to the verb stem 'arid- to form 'arida.
- If he/she/it goes (huwa/hiya/hatha 'aridi), the suffix -i is added to the verb stem 'arid- to form 'aridi.
- If we go (nahnu 'aridna), the suffix -na is added to the verb stem 'arid- to form 'aridna.
Usage[edit | edit source]
The conditional mood is used to express a hypothetical situation or an event that may or may not happen in the future. It is also used to express wishes and desires.
For example:
- If I had more time, I would learn Hijazi Arabic. (Law 'indi zamanu aktar, 'aridtu 'an 'allam al-'arabiyya al-hijaziyya.)
- If you had more money, you could travel to Saudi Arabia. (Law 'indaka malu aktar, 'aridta 'an tasir ila al-su'udiyya.)
- If he had more energy, he would be able to work harder. (Law 'indahu quwwatu aktar, 'aridihi 'an 'amalu aktar.)
- If we had more resources, we could do more research. (Law 'indana ma'lumatu aktar, 'aridna 'an 'amalu taqriban.)
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
In this lesson, we discussed the conditional mood in Hijazi Arabic. We looked at how the suffixes -u, -a, -i, and -na are added to the verb stem depending on the person and number of the subject. We also looked at some examples of the conditional mood in action and discussed its usage.
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