I'm trying to identify the root of these verbs and I'm a little confused. Is the root (ex. katab) always the same as the male past tense?
Erik Bodien • 05/29/2025
I am not an expert, but in my understanding verbs are usually listed and learned in the 3rd Person Masuline Singular Past Tense form. So it isn't the root per se but rather just the default form of representing a verb.
Hi, I have a question about "she" form, I noticed that sometimes the prefix is pronounced as "but" and sometimes like "bit". Which form is correct: butfakr or bitfakr?
Hob Learning • 08/25/2025Hob team
Hi Konrad! The correct form is bitfakker. In fact, the "she form" always begins with bit (not but). <3
Why is the Qaaf pronounced like fusHa in Qara/biQara' (he read/reads) but not in other words (e.g. he found/finds, he sat/sits, he stood/stands)?
Ammar from Hob Learning • 8 months agoHob team
Hi Noor, great question... the Qaaf is a controversial letter even between native speakers so you will often see different pronunciations for it. However in this word, people will often pronounce like in fusHa because it wouldn't work if they said something like "2ara2/Ara2"... it just doesn't make sense nor does it sound right for native speakers so they pronounce the Qaaf instead.
Hi! Is there a rule for when a "و" is added towards the end of a word. when compared to the past tense? For example it is added in بيروح and in بيكون but not in بيعمل or بيشرَب
Ammar from Hob Learning • 7 months agoHob team
Hi Courentey, technically yes there is a rule, although you might feel it make things more complicated. So the "و" is added to words whose roots are hollow, meaning words whose roots have a "ا"، "و"، "ي" in the middle. So the root for "بيروح" is "راح" and for "بيكون" is "كان" so they get a "و".
while the root for بيشرب is شرب and it has an ر in the middle so it doesn't get the و