Verbal Sentence: الجُملَة الفِعلِيَّة Al-jumla al-fi’liyyah
These are sentences that begin with a verb.
The verb is similar to the English verb, but has 3 tenses: past فِعل مَاضٍ fi’lun maḍin, present فِعل مُضَارع fi’lun muḍāri’in, and command tense فِغل أَمر fi’lu amrin.
The future tense is shown by adding the س or the word سَوفَ before the present tense verb. For example:
سَأذهَبُ
I will go
سَوفَ نَلعَبُ
We will play
سَأقرَأُ
I will read
Now let’s look at some examples of verbal sentences,
ذَهَبَ الطَّبِيبُ إِلَى المُستَشفى
The doctor went to the hospital
رَجَعَ مُحَمَّدٌ مِنَ المَدرَسةِ
Muhammad returned from the school
أدرُسُ في بريطانيا
I study in Britain
Verb-Subject Agreement
In a verbal sentence, the verb agrees with the subject in gender and not always in number. If the subject is dual or plural, the verb will still be singular.
ذَهَبَ الطُّلَّابُ
The students left / went
More Examples
أُحِبُّ القَفزَ
I like jumping
يُصَلِّي أَبِي فِي المَسجِدِ
My dad prays in the mosque
تَزُورُ بَسْمَلَةُ جَدَتَهَا
Basmalah visits her grandmother
أَتَكَلَّمُ اللُّغَةَ الفَرَنسِيَّةَ
I speak French