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Root Verb
عَلَّمَ
3allama
to teach
ع ل م
This is a regular Form II sound verb; note the shadda (doubling) on the middle root letter and the 'u' vowel on the present tense prefixes.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I taught"
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.