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Subjunctive Mood

The subjunctive mood (النَّصْبُ) is similar to the present indicative. It is formed by deleting ن and changing the finalُ to َ. In the second and third person feminine plural forms, however, there are no changes.

	Present	Subjunctive
I	أَكْتُبُ	أَكْتُبَ
You (masculine singular)	تَكْتُبُ	تَكْتُبَ
You (feminine singular)	تَكْتُبينَ	تَكْتُبي
He	يَكْتُبُ	يَكْتُبَ
She	تَكْتُبُ	تَكْتُبَ
We	نَكْتُبُ	نَكْتُبَ
You (masculine plural)	تَكْتُبونَ	تَكْتُبوا
You (feminine plural)	تَكْتُبْنَ	تَكْتُبْنَ
They (masculine plural)	يَكْتُبونَ	يَكْتُبوا
They (feminine plural)	يَكْتُبْنَ	يَكْتُبْنَ

Pronunciation note: The final ا in the second and third person masculine plural forms is not pronounced.

A verb following a subjunctive particle must be in the subjunctive mood. Some subjunctive particles are:

أَنْ لَنْ حَتّى كَيْ

The most common subjunctive particle is أَنْ .

Examples:

أَدْرُسُ كَيْ أَتَعَلَّمَ
I study in order to learn.

أَدْرُسُ حَتّى أَتَعَلَّم
I study in order to learn.

أُريدُ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ
I want to go.

لَنْ أَذْهَبَ
I will not go.