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Past Tense & Verb Forms

The past tense (al-madi), its conjugation and the derived verb forms.
كَتَبَ
he wrote
kataba
Past tense, third masculine: the base form
كَتَبَتْ
she wrote
katabat
Past, third feminine
كَتَبْتُ
I wrote
katabtu
Past, first person
كَتَبْنَا
we wrote
katabnaa
Past, first plural
دَرَسَ
he studied
darasa
Past of darasa
أَكَلَ
he ate
akala
Past with an initial hamza
شَرِبَ
he drank
shariba
Past with kasra on the middle root letter
ذَهَبَ
he went
dhahaba
Past of 'going'
كَتَبْتَ
you wrote (m)
katabta
Second masculine
كَتَبْتِ
you wrote (f)
katabti
Second feminine