Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011

62 • Moroccan Arabic
Exercise: Describe in the present tense the following activities.
šnu kay-dir / kat-dir / kay-diru
2 nd Category: Long “a” Becomes Long “i”
In this category, the long vowel a ( ) in the middle of the verb changes to the long vowel i ( ), with the
same prefixes and suffixes as regular verbs in the present tense.
“to bring”
I bring
you bring (masc. sing.)
you bring (fem. sing.)
he brings
she brings
we bring
you bring (plur.)
they bring
jab
kan-jib
kat-jib
kat-jibi
kay-jib
kat-jib
kan-jibu
kat-jibu
kay-jibu
Verbs like “jab”
to add zad to fly tạr
to be absent ġab to leak sal
to be cooked tạb to wake up faq
to do / make dar sell
عba to fall tạн to touch qas
to trust
taq