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Root Verb
اِهْتمّ
ihtamm
to care
ه م م
This is a Form VIII doubled verb. Because it is intransitive, it takes objects using the preposition ب (bi), so the object pronouns are shown attached to 'bi' rather than directly to the verb.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I cared"
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.