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Root Verb
قرا
qira
to read
ق ر ء
Although the root ends in a hamza in Standard Arabic, in Iraqi Arabic it behaves entirely as a defective verb ending in a vowel, and it retains the 'q' pronunciation rather than changing to 'g'.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I read"