Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
Moroccan Arabic textbook 2011
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64 • <strong>Moroccan</strong> <strong>Arabic</strong><br />
Some examples:<br />
The mouse is scared of the cat.<br />
You look like you are sick.<br />
l-far kay-xaf mn l-qṭ.<br />
kat-ban bнal ila mriḍ.<br />
Present Tense – Irregular Verbs with Final “a”<br />
Now we change our focus from verbs with a long vowel a ( ) in the middle of the verb to those with a<br />
long vowel a ( ) at the end of the verb.<br />
1 st Category: Long “a” Becomes Long “i”<br />
In this category, the long vowel a ( ) changes to the long vowel i ( ), with the same prefixes and<br />
suffixes as regular verbs in the present tense.<br />
These have<br />
the same<br />
conjugation in<br />
this category.<br />
Verbs like “jra”<br />
“to run”<br />
I run<br />
you run (masc. sing.)<br />
you run (fem. sing.)<br />
he runs<br />
she runs<br />
we run<br />
you run (plur.)<br />
they run<br />
jra<br />
kan-jri<br />
kat-jri<br />
kat-jri<br />
kay-jri<br />
kat-jri<br />
kan-jriu<br />
kat-jriu<br />
kay-jriu<br />
to build bna to go mša<br />
to buy šra to pray sḷla<br />
to cry bka to like / love bġa<br />
to clean nqqa to show wrra<br />
to come ja to sing ġnna<br />
to fold tẉa to smoke kma<br />
to fry qla to teach qrra<br />
to finish sala to turn off ṭfa
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