Arabic Verb Conjugation Game

Arabic verbs change for every person and tense: عاش is “he lived”, عاشت “she lived”, بيعيش “he lives”. Each question gives you a verb, a person and a tense, and you pick the right form from four. 72 everyday verbs, past, present and future, including the negative.

How Verb Blitz helps you learn

Dialect

Tense

How to play

Pick a dialect and a tense, or Mixed, then press Start. A round is ten verbs.
Read the verb, the person (أنا, هي, إحنا…) and the tense. Some questions are negative.
Tap the form that fits. The wrong ones are the same verb for other people or tenses.
The answer shows with its transliteration and meaning. At the end, go over the ones you missed.

Common questions

How are Arabic verbs conjugated?

By adding prefixes and endings to a stem. In the past tense the ending shows the person (fata7t, I opened; fata7it, she opened). In the present a prefix does it, plus a dialect marker: b- in Egyptian and Levantine, ka- in Darija.

Are the verbs the same in every dialect?

The patterns are close, the markers are not. The present is بيفتح in Cairo and Beirut and كيحل in Casablanca, the future is ه in Egyptian, رح in Levantine, غادي in Darija and سـ in Fusha. Each dialect has its own verb tables here.

Do I need to know the alphabet?

Yes. The forms are in Arabic script, with the transliteration shown once you answer. Fusha forms carry full vowel marks, because without them several people’s forms look identical.

Where can I see a verb’s full table?

The Egyptian verbs each have a conjugation page with every form, recorded. The other dialects’ tables are used in this game for now.

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