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Root Verb
صحي
si7i
to wake up
ص ح ي
This is a Form I defective verb (ending in a weak letter), which takes the pattern fi3il in the past and yif3a in the present.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I woke up"
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.