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    Root Verb

    بدأ

    bada2

    to start

    ب د أ

    Regular verb; the final hamza is said 2 (bada2t, yibda2).

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    Past Affirmative

    أنا

    I — "I started"

    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.

    All grammar topics →

    "to start" in the other dialects

    Moroccan Darija

    بدا

    bda

    Modern Standard Arabic

    بَدَأَ

    bada2a

    Iraqi Arabic

    بدأ

    bida

    Gulf Arabic

    بدأ

    bada

    Levantine Arabic

    بلش

    ballash

    Saudi Arabic

    بدأ

    bada2

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