The Verbal Sentence

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: 

Now let’s look at some examples of verbal sentences,

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.

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

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