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Indicative Present

The present tense describes an action taking place at a time in the present or the future. The present tense الْمُضارِعُ  is constructed by adding both of prefix and a suffix to the present stem. The present stem differs from the past stem.

Past stem ّّذَهَب Present stem ذْهَب

Arabic

suffix

(stem)

prefix

English

أَذْهَبُ

ُ+

(stem)

+أ

I go

تَذْهَبُ

ُ+

+تَ

You go (masculine singular)

تَذْهَبينَ

ينَ+

(stem)

+تِ

You go (feminine singular)

يَذْهَبُ

ُ+

+يَ

He goes

تَذْهَبُ

ُ+

(stem)

+تَ

She goes

نَذْهَبُ

ُ+

(stem)

+نَ

We go

تَذْهَبونَ

ونَ+

(stem)

+تَ

You go (masculine plural)

تَذْهَبْنَ

نَ+

(stem)

+تَ

You go (feminine plural)

تَذْهَبانِ

انِ+

(stem)

+تَ

You go (masculine/feminine dual)

يَذْهَبونِ

ونَ+

(stem)

+يَ

They go (masculine plural)

يَذْهَبْنَ

نَ+

(stem)

+يَ

They go (feminine plural)

يَذْهَبانِ

انِ+

(stem)

+يَ

They go (masculine dual)

تَذْهَبانِ

انِ+

(stem)

+تَ

They go (feminine dual)

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