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Present tense: you (f.), we, they
Arabic A2 · Unit 1
GoalAdd أَنْتِ، نَحْنُ، هُمْ، هُنَّ and أَنْتُم to the present tense.
New words
تَدْرُسِين (tadrusīn) · you (f.) studyنَدْرُس (nadrus) · we studyيَدْرُسُون (yadrusūn) · they (m.) studyيَدْرُسْنَ (yadrusna) · they (f.) studyتَدْرُسُون (tadrusūn) · you (pl.) studyنَلْعَب (nalʿab) · we playالْعَرَبِيَّة (al-ʿarabiyya) · Arabic (language)
Explanation
Four more faces complete the table. For “you” to a woman, add تَ in front and ـِين at the end: تَكْتُبِين. For “we”, add نَ in front and nothing at the end: نَكْتُب. For “they” (men or a mixed group), add يَ in front and ـُون at the end: يَكْتُبُون. For “they” (women only), add يَ and ـْنَ: يَكْتُبْنَ. “You” (plural) is like “they (m.)” with تَ: تَكْتُبُون. A mixed group always takes the masculine form.
| Who | Verb كَتَبَ | Say |
|---|---|---|
| أَنْتِ | تَكْتُبِين | taktubīn |
| نَحْنُ | نَكْتُب | naktub |
| أَنْتُم | تَكْتُبُون | taktubūn |
| هُمْ | يَكْتُبُون | yaktubūn |
| هُنَّ | يَكْتُبْنَ | yaktubna |
Worked examples
Four sentences with the new faces. Listen to the endings.
Yusuf
هَل تَدْرُسِين الْآن؟
Maryam
نَعَم، نَحْنُ نَدْرُس مَعًا.
Yusuf
وَالطُّلَّاب؟
Maryam
هُمْ يَدْرُسُون فِي الْمَكْتَبَة.
يَthey+دْرُسstudy+ـُون-ūn
The verb يَدْرُسُون in three steps: the prefix, the stem and the ending.Class activity
The full table. Write all eight forms of the verb يَكْتُب on paper, from أَنَا to هُنَّ, with the pronoun in front of each. Read the list aloud from top to bottom. Then cover the right column and try to write it again from memory.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Does the verb fit “you (f.)”, “we” or “they (m.)”?
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“They (m.)”: يَسْكُنُون (yaskunūn), “they live”.
2
Write in Arabic: “you (f.) write”.
أَنْتِ تَكْتُبِين.
3
The picture shows a woman. Say to her: “you drink”.
تَشْرَبِين. (أَنْتِ تَشْرَبِين)
4
The picture shows a boy and a girl. Say: “they play”.
يَلْعَبُون. A mixed group takes the masculine form.
5
How do you say “we write” and “they (f.) write”?
نَكْتُب and يَكْتُبْنَ.