Verbal Sentence

The Verbal Sentence or الجُملَة الفِعلِيَّة (Al-jumla al-fi’liyyah) is a sentence that begins with a verb.

The verb is similar to the English verb, but has 3 tenses:

1. Past فِعل مَاضٍ (fi’lun maḍin)

2. Present فِعل مُضَارع (fi’lun muḍāri’in)

3. Command tense فِعل 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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