LessonsComplete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–YabīʿuQuiz

The fourteen-position command chart uses lām al-amr for third and first persons, but a direct second-person active imperative has a shorter form. بِعْ addresses one man; لِيَبِعْ expresses a command concerning an absent person.

PositionActive commandPassive command
هُوَلِيَبِعْلِيُبَعْ
هُمَا (م)لِيَبِيعَالِيُبَاعَا
هُمْلِيَبِيعُوالِيُبَاعُوا
هِيَلِتَبِعْلِتُبَعْ
هُمَا (ف)لِتَبِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
هُنَّلِيَبِعْنَلِيُبَعْنَ
أَنْتَبِعْلِتُبَعْ
أَنْتُمَا (م)بِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
أَنْتُمْبِيعُوالِتُبَاعُوا
أَنْتِبِيعِيلِتُبَاعِي
أَنْتُمَا (ف)بِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
أَنْتُنَّبِعْنَلِتُبَعْنَ
أَنَالِأَبِعْلِأُبَعْ
نَحْنُلِنَبِعْلِنُبَعْ

بِعْ — sell! (to one man).
لِيُبَعْ — let it be sold.

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Active and Passive Commands: Fourteen Positions

Complete Paradigms of the Hollow Yāʾ Verb: Bāʿa–Yabīʿu

The fourteen-position command chart uses lām al-amr for third and first persons, but a direct second-person active imperative has a shorter form. بِعْ addresses one man; لِيَبِعْ expresses a command concerning an absent person.

PositionActive commandPassive command
هُوَلِيَبِعْلِيُبَعْ
هُمَا (م)لِيَبِيعَالِيُبَاعَا
هُمْلِيَبِيعُوالِيُبَاعُوا
هِيَلِتَبِعْلِتُبَعْ
هُمَا (ف)لِتَبِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
هُنَّلِيَبِعْنَلِيُبَعْنَ
أَنْتَبِعْلِتُبَعْ
أَنْتُمَا (م)بِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
أَنْتُمْبِيعُوالِتُبَاعُوا
أَنْتِبِيعِيلِتُبَاعِي
أَنْتُمَا (ف)بِيعَالِتُبَاعَا
أَنْتُنَّبِعْنَلِتُبَعْنَ
أَنَالِأَبِعْلِأُبَعْ
نَحْنُلِنَبِعْلِنُبَعْ

بِعْ — sell! (to one man).
لِيُبَعْ — let it be sold.