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Root Verb
رِضي بِـ
riɖi bi-
to approve of
ر ض ي
This is a defective verb. Because it is typically used with the preposition 'bi-' (بـ) to mean 'to approve of', object pronouns attach to the preposition rather than directly to the verb stem.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I approved"
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.