Verb conjugations (تَصْرِيف الأَفْعَال)

Past tense (Māḍī), present / future tense (Muḍāriʿ), and command forms. Switch tense with the tabs.

Showing root ك‑ت‑ب (write). The Arabic ending in the pattern column is highlighted to make the suffix easy to spot — same colour appears at the matching position in the example.

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Base formmasc.

كَتَبَ

kataba — he wrote

Pattern: (root)+
َ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
َ

1st person singularmasc. / fem.

كَتَبْتُ

katabtu — I wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تُ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تُ

1st person pluralmasc. / fem.

كَتَبْنَا

katabnā — we wrote

Pattern: (root)+
نَا
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
نَا

2nd person singularmasc.

كَتَبْتَ

katabta — you wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تَ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تَ

2nd person singularfem.

كَتَبْتِ

katabti — you wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تِ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تِ

2nd person pluralmasc.

كَتَبْتُمْ

katabtum — you (all) wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تُمْ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تُمْ

2nd person pluralfem.

كَتَبْتُنَّ

katabtunna — you (all) wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تُنَّ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تُنَّ

3rd person singularfem.

كَتَبَتْ

katabat — she wrote

Pattern: (root)+
تْ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
تْ

3rd person pluralmasc.

كَتَبُوا

katabū — they wrote

Pattern: (root)+
وا
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
وا

3rd person pluralfem.

كَتَبْنَ

katabna — they wrote

Pattern: (root)+
نَ
Example: ك‑ت‑ب
+
نَ

Person / number	Pattern	Example	Arabic	Pronunciation	English
Base formmasc.	(root)+ َ	ك‑ت‑ب + َ	كَتَبَ	kataba	he wrote
1st person singularmasc. / fem.	(root)+ تُ	ك‑ت‑ب + تُ	كَتَبْتُ	katabtu	I wrote
1st person pluralmasc. / fem.	(root)+ نَا	ك‑ت‑ب + نَا	كَتَبْنَا	katabnā	we wrote
2nd person singularmasc.	(root)+ تَ	ك‑ت‑ب + تَ	كَتَبْتَ	katabta	you wrote
2nd person singularfem.	(root)+ تِ	ك‑ت‑ب + تِ	كَتَبْتِ	katabti	you wrote
2nd person pluralmasc.	(root)+ تُمْ	ك‑ت‑ب + تُمْ	كَتَبْتُمْ	katabtum	you (all) wrote
2nd person pluralfem.	(root)+ تُنَّ	ك‑ت‑ب + تُنَّ	كَتَبْتُنَّ	katabtunna	you (all) wrote
3rd person singularfem.	(root)+ تْ	ك‑ت‑ب + تْ	كَتَبَتْ	katabat	she wrote
3rd person pluralmasc.	(root)+ وا	ك‑ت‑ب + وا	كَتَبُوا	katabū	they wrote
3rd person pluralfem.	(root)+ نَ	ك‑ت‑ب + نَ	كَتَبْنَ	katabna	they wrote