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Root Verb
علم
3ellem
to teach
ع ل م
A regular Form II sound verb, conjugated exactly like هرس (herres). The verb قرا (qerra) is also commonly used to mean 'to teach' in the context of school/studying.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I taught"
How these tenses work
The present tense
Person prefixes, plus the dialect's marker for "now" or "usually".
The past tense
One stem, eight endings.
The future
One small prefix or word in front of the present.
Saying "not"
Negating verbs, nouns and adjectives.
Roots and verb forms (Form I–X)
How three root letters and a pattern make a verb.
Verb classes: sound, hollow, defective, doubled
Why some verbs change shape when they conjugate.