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المُضارِع

Forming the present tense

Prefixes for the present tense, and the بـ that makes it real

The past tense worked with endings. The present works mostly with prefixes — a letter on the front that tells you who is doing it — and then one more prefix, "بـ", on top of that.

Keywords

  • verb

The person prefixes

Phrases

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