In this model indicative paradigm, five pronoun positions end with ḍammah:
Word / formMeaning / explanation
يَفْعَلُthird-person masculine singular.
تَفْعَلُthird-person feminine singular.
تَفْعَلُsecond-person masculine singular.
أَفْعَلُfirst-person singular.
نَفْعَلُfirst-person plural.
There are five paradigm positions, although تَفْعَلُ is identical in two of them. Indicative status is shown by a final ḍammah in these forms and by retention of the inflectional nūn in others.