Optional grammar reference

Focus on what happened

Use the passive when the doer is not named.

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How it works

For regular Form I verbs, past passive often uses u-i vowels; present passive begins with yu- and has a before the last consonant.

The passive subject is nominative and names the affected thing.

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كَتَبَ الطَّالِبُ الرِّسَالَةَ

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Make فَتَحَ الْعَامِلُ الْبَابَ passive.

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فُتِحَ الْبَابُ. — The door was opened.

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Sources & learning notes

Lesson explanations and exercises are written for knowmyquran. Recorded examples are adapted from the linked open Arabic textbooks. The course teaches Modern Standard Arabic; the stages describe content, rather than a proficiency certificate.

Grammar reference: Madinah Arabic grammar course. Additional written examples are site-authored.