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Root Verb
قارِن
qarin
to compare
ق ر ن
Form III verb. The past stem changes its internal vowel slightly based on the suffix (e.g., 'qaran' for 3rd person vs 'qarin-' for 1st/2nd person).
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I compared"
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.