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Root Verb
لام على
lam 3ala
to blame for
ل و م
Form I hollow verb. In the past tense, the long vowel 'a' shortens to 'u' before consonant-initial suffixes. Object pronouns attach directly to the verb 'لام' before the preposition 'على'.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I blamed for"
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.