Verbs are doing words and in Arabic past tense, they have different endings depending on who has done the action.
Look at the following examples :
ذَهَبَ
(dhahaba) he went
ذَهَبَت
(dhahabat) she went
ذَهّبتَ
(dhahabta) you went (to a boy)
ذَهَبتِ
(dhahabti) you went (to a girl)
ذَهَبتُ
(dhahabtu) I went
كتب
(kataba) he wrote
كتبت
(katabat) she wrote
كتبت
(katabta) you wrote (to a boy)
كتبت
(katabti) you wrote (to a girl)
كتبت
(katabtu) i wrote
In vocab lists, verbs will usually be given in the "he" form eg كتب
This is because it is the simplest form. However it is important to learn how to congugate (put the correct endings on) the verbs given in vocab lists, in order to make meaningful sentences. Use the ending patterns above whenever you are congugating Arabic verbs that happened in the past.
Look at the following examples :
ذَهَبَ
(dhahaba) he went
ذَهَبَت
(dhahabat) she went
ذَهّبتَ
(dhahabta) you went (to a boy)
ذَهَبتِ
(dhahabti) you went (to a girl)
ذَهَبتُ
(dhahabtu) I went
كتب
(kataba) he wrote
كتبت
(katabat) she wrote
كتبت
(katabta) you wrote (to a boy)
كتبت
(katabti) you wrote (to a girl)
كتبت
(katabtu) i wrote
In vocab lists, verbs will usually be given in the "he" form eg كتب
This is because it is the simplest form. However it is important to learn how to congugate (put the correct endings on) the verbs given in vocab lists, in order to make meaningful sentences. Use the ending patterns above whenever you are congugating Arabic verbs that happened in the past.
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