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Root Verb
بَدَأَ
bada2a
to start
ب د أ
This is a sound verb, but because its final root letter is a hamza (mahmouz al-laam), the seat of the hamza changes in some conjugations depending on the surrounding vowels.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I started"
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.