Imperative Mood

فعل الأمر

About this concept

Commands formed from imperfect: remove prefix, add hamza if needed. Negative command: لا + jussive. Different forms for masculine/feminine/plural addressees.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A2.

Examples

اُكتُب! (uktub)Write! (to male)

اُكتُبي! (uktubii)Write! (to female)

اِذهَبوا!Go! (to group)

لا تذهب!Don't go!

Prerequisite

Present Tense (Imperfect)A1

More A2 concepts

Root and Pattern Systemالجذر والوزن Noun Cases (I'rab)الإعراب Broken Pluralsجمع التكسير Dual Numberالمثنى Genitive Construction (Idafa)الإضافة

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