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Root Verb
سَكَنَ فِي
sakana fi
to live in
س ك ن
Form I sound verb; the present tense stem vowel is 'u' (damma). Note that the 'na' suffix in the 'we' past form merges with the root's final 'n' to form a shadda (سَكَنَّا).
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I lived in"
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.