I just want to say how impressed I am by his teaching (clear and succinct) and his English is quite impressive too! I see the genuine desire to teach others. thank you Mamon!
I maybe need to watch this 10 more times, but I don’t understand the pattern of how to turn past into present. and if we use the present verb, how will we know it’s actually future? from context?
for example, rikad/birkob. these may have the same “rk” but they are not even pronounced or written the same with vowels
Mamon Abu Zaoneheeeeeh • 2 months ago
Hi Rachel,
The past tense has its own conjugation endings, and the present tense has its own conjugation as well. The future tense uses the same conjugation as the present tense, but we add a word before it that means “will” or “going to,” such as / بِد or رَح.
For example:
رَكَض (rakad) = he ran
بِيركُض (birkod) = he runs / he is running
رَح يِركُض (raḥ yirkod) = he will run
English transliteration and flashcards would be awesome! Gracias!
Flash cards on conjugating verbs w/ possessive pronouns would be so helpful! This was a great video to follow, thank you :)
Will past conjugations of the other verb types be different?
I just want to say how impressed I am by his teaching (clear and succinct) and his English is quite impressive too! I see the genuine desire to teach others. thank you Mamon!
Isn't he great!
Thank you Sophia
I maybe need to watch this 10 more times, but I don’t understand the pattern of how to turn past into present. and if we use the present verb, how will we know it’s actually future? from context? for example, rikad/birkob. these may have the same “rk” but they are not even pronounced or written the same with vowels
Hi Rachel, The past tense has its own conjugation endings, and the present tense has its own conjugation as well. The future tense uses the same conjugation as the present tense, but we add a word before it that means “will” or “going to,” such as / بِد or رَح. For example: رَكَض (rakad) = he ran بِيركُض (birkod) = he runs / he is running رَح يِركُض (raḥ yirkod) = he will run
So interesting ! I studied syrian arabic for 2 years a few years ago and I never got this explanation and it makes a lot more sense now! Thank you !
Thank you! very happy you're feeling this way about Hob Learning <3