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Root Verb
مات
mat
to die
م و ت
Hollow Form I verb. In the past tense, the long vowel drops for first and second person, typically pronounced with an 'i' (mitt) or 'u' (mutt) in Levantine Arabic.
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Past Affirmative
أنا
I — "I died"
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.