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THE IMPERATIVE in Arabic

The imperative is formed from the jussive but, since it begins with two consonants, it takes a short prosthetic vowel. In the triliteral verb, the prosthetic "alif, when the second radical takes fatha or kasra, the vowrl is kasra, when it takes damma, it is damma, as the following table shows:

Once you've mastered this lesson, take a look at these related pages: Future Tense, Standard Arabic Grammar → Verbs and conjugation in Arabic ..., How to Use Have & NOMINATIVE SEPARATE PERSONAL PRONOUNS.

Sources

http://anacereddine.com/Arabic_Grammar___Exercises.PDF

Other Lessons

• Negations
• Conditional Mood
• RELATIVE PRONOUNS
• DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
• THE USE OF THE AFFIXED PERSONAL PRONOUNS
• Conjugation of the verb to write in the perfect
• Apologies
• AFFIXED PERSONAL PRONOUNS
• Negation
• THE PERFECT