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Root Verb
بدأ
bada
to start
ب د ء
In Gulf Arabic, verbs ending in a hamza are often conjugated like defective verbs (ending in a vowel) in the past tense, while retaining the hamza in some present tense forms.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I started"