Development D5 — Hobbies, Sport & Leisure
Add the three plural suffixes to the past-tense system, then handle hollow, weak-final and doubled verbs so you can write a group narrative.
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The نَحْنُ suffix is ـنَا.
The أَنْتُمْ suffix is ـتُمْ.
The هُمْ suffix is ـُوا; the alif is silent.
Hollow: the long ā shortens to u before a consonant suffix.
Hollow with a kasra base vowel.
Hollow with hamza.
Weak-final: the alif maqṣūra becomes yāʾ.
Weak-final.
Form VIII, weak-final.
Form II with a doubled middle letter and a weak final.
Adverbial accusative.
Both noun and adjective are accusative.
Form II.
Form IV.
Form VIII.
A narrative connector.
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لَوَاحِقُ الجَمْعِ وَالجُذُورُ الشَّاذَّةُ
Three new suffixes complete the past-tense system. Then three families of irregular verb change their stem before those suffixes. Identify the family first, adjust the stem, then attach the ending.
What does the structure communicate?
Which word or ending changes?
What must match the noun or person?
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ـنَا marks a shared action; مَعًا is an adverbial accusative.
The long ā of قَالَ shortens to u before the consonant suffix.
The alif maqṣūra of رَأَى becomes yāʾ before ـنَا.
نَحْنُ → ـنَا · أَنْتُمْ → ـتُمْ · هُمْ → ـُوا
The نَحْنُ and أَنْتُمْ suffixes begin with a consonant; the هُمْ suffix is a long ū written with a silent alif.
قَالَ → قُلْنَا · نَامَ → نِمْنَا
A verb whose middle letter is a long vowel shortens that vowel before a consonant suffix. The short vowel matches the verb's own family: u for قَالَ, i for نَامَ.
مَشَى → مَشَيْنَا · رَأَى → رَأَيْنَا
A verb ending in alif maqṣūra replaces it with yāʾ before a consonant suffix.
مَشَى → مَشَوْا · لَعِبَ → لَعِبُوا
With هُمْ a regular verb takes ـُوا. A weak-final verb loses its final vowel letter and takes ـَوْا instead.
| Person | Suffix | Example |
|---|---|---|
| نَحْنُ | ـنَا | ذَهَبْنَا |
| أَنْتُمْ | ـتُمْ | ذَهَبْتُمْ |
| هُمْ | ـُوا | ذَهَبُوا |
| Hollow, نَحْنُ | shortened stem + ـنَا | قُلْنَا |
| Weak-final, نَحْنُ | yāʾ stem + ـنَا | مَشَيْنَا |
Swapping لَعِبْتُ for لَعِبْنَا moves the account from one person to a group. Plural past tense is the language of team sport, family holidays and shared memories.
The suffixes never change. What changes is the stem: قَالَ shortens to قُلْـ, and مَشَى takes a yāʾ to become مَشَيْـ. Learn the stem change once and the endings follow the usual pattern.
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اِخْتَرْ جُزْءًا مِنْ كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ.
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Every time phrase, plural verb phrase and closing detail is accurate on its own, so any three different combinations are correct.
Move from I to we
Rewrite the sentence so it describes a shared action.مَشَيْتُ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.
أَنَا ← نَحْنُThe weak-final stem keeps its yāʾ and takes the نَحْنُ suffix ـنَا.
Fix the hollow stem
Repair the hollow verb so its middle vowel shortens before the suffix.قَالْنَا الحَقِيقَةَ لِلْمُعَلِّمِ.
قَالَ + نَا ← ؟قَالَ belongs to the u family, so the stem becomes قُلْـ.
Change the subject to هُمْ
Rewrite so the other group is the subject.لَعِبْنَا كُرَةَ الطَّائِرَةِ عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.
نَحْنُ ← هُمْهُمْ takes the ـُوا ending with its silent alif.
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Identify the verb family first, adjust the stem, then check the ending.
Identify the verb family first, adjust the stem, then check the ending.
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Strong learners do not only recognise an error: they identify the system and repair it.
قَالْنَا الحَقِيقَةَ.
قُلْنَا الحَقِيقَةَ.
A hollow verb must shorten its middle vowel before a consonant suffix.
مَشَانَا عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.
مَشَيْنَا عَلَى الشَّاطِئِ.
The final alif maqṣūra becomes yāʾ before ـنَا.
هُمْ لَعِبْنَا فِي المَلْعَبِ.
هُمْ لَعِبُوا فِي المَلْعَبِ.
هُمْ takes ـُوا, not the نَحْنُ suffix.
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فِي الإِجَازَةِ المَاضِيَةِ قَرَّرْنَا أَنْ نَذْهَبَ إِلَى الجَبَلِ. اجْتَمَعْنَا صَبَاحًا وَأَحْضَرْنَا الطَّعَامَ وَالمَاءَ، ثُمَّ مَشَيْنَا سَاعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى وَصَلْنَا إِلَى القِمَّةِ. وَهُنَاكَ رَأَيْنَا مَنْظَرًا رَائِعًا، وَغَنَّيْنَا مَعًا وَضَحِكْنَا كَثِيرًا. فَجْأَةً بَدَأَ المَطَرُ، وَلِحُسْنِ الحَظِّ أَحْضَرْنَا مَعَاطِفَ. وَفِي المَسَاءِ نِمْنَا مُبَكِّرِينَ لِأَنَّنَا تَعِبْنَا، وَقُلْنَا إِنَّنَا أَمْضَيْنَا وَقْتًا مُمْتِعًا حَقًّا.
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اِضْغَطْ لِاخْتِيَارِ سُؤَالٍ.
أَيْنَ ذَهَبْتُمْ فِي الإِجَازَةِ؟
أَنْتُمْ questionذَهَبْنَا إِلَى الجَبَلِ، وَمَشَيْنَا سَاعَتَيْنِ حَتَّى وَصَلْنَا إِلَى القِمَّةِ.
نَحْنُ forms, one weak-finalوَمَاذَا رَأَيْتُمْ هُنَاكَ؟
Follow-upرَأَيْنَا مَنْظَرًا رَائِعًا، وَغَنَّيْنَا مَعًا، وَقُلْنَا إِنَّنَا سَنَعُودُ.
Weak-final, doubled and hollow verbsPlan · draft · improve
Write a narrative about something you did with others. Use at least six نَحْنُ verbs, two irregular verbs and two narrative connectors from فَجْأَةً، لِحُسْنِ الحَظِّ، لِلْأَسَفِ.
فِي الصَّيْفِ المَاضِي اجْتَمَعْنَا مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِنَا وَقَرَّرْنَا أَنْ نُنَظِّمَ رِحْلَةً قَصِيرَةً. اشْتَرَيْنَا التَّذَاكِرَ قَبْلَ أُسْبُوعٍ، ثُمَّ جِئْنَا إِلَى المَحَطَّةِ مُبَكِّرِينَ. مَشَيْنَا فِي السُّوقِ القَدِيمِ وَرَأَيْنَا حِرَفًا تَقْلِيدِيَّةً جَمِيلَةً. فَجْأَةً بَدَأَ المَطَرُ، وَلِحُسْنِ الحَظِّ أَحْضَرْنَا مَعَاطِفَ. وَفِي المَسَاءِ غَنَّيْنَا مَعًا وَنِمْنَا مُبَكِّرِينَ لِأَنَّنَا تَعِبْنَا، وَقُلْنَا إِنَّنَا أَمْضَيْنَا وَقْتًا مُمْتِعًا.
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The final check mixes vocabulary, grammar and communication rather than repeating one exercise type.
Extend the conjugation table to the three plural persons, then write five نَحْنُ sentences.
Write a linked narrative that also uses a هُمْ verb and one irregular verb.
Include a hollow verb, a weak-final verb and two connectors in a narrative that keeps every stem and ending accurate.
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