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Root Verb
فهم
fihim
to understand
ف ه م
Form I sound verb with an i-vowel in the past and an a-vowel in the present (fihim/yifham). Unlike i/u vowels, the a-vowel in the present tense is retained when suffixes are added.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I understood"
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.