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Root Verb
بدأ
bida
to start
ب د ء
Although the root ends in a hamza, in Iraqi Arabic it conjugates entirely as a defective verb (ending in a vowel), similar to بنى (bina). Another very common verb for 'to start' is بلّش (ballash).
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I started"