Optional grammar reference

Talk about yesterday

Past endings tell you who acted.

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You wrote: كَتَبْتَ to a man, كَتَبْتِ to a woman. The vowel on ت matters.

This is a regular verb. Some verbs change their stem when endings are added.

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كَتَبَ

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دَرَسْتُ أَمْسِ. دَرَسَتْ أَمْسِ.

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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.