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Root Verb
حلق
7ala2
to shave
ح ل ق
The letter qaf (ق) is pronounced as a glottal stop (2) in urban Levantine Arabic. As a Form I verb with a guttural first root letter, the present tense prefix often takes an 'e' vowel (e.g., bte7le2) and the 'I' form takes an 'a' (ba7le2).
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I shaved"
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.