LessonsComprehensive Final Revision: Root Classes, Morphological Changes, Conjugations, Nouns and Verb-Form SemanticsQuiz

Form VII often conveys intransitivity or a responsive outcome, but responsive meanings appear in several forms.

Causing actionResultResulting form
كَسَرْتُهُفَانْكَسَرَVII
أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَفَانْغَلَقَVII
عَلَّمْتُهُفَتَعَلَّمَV
بَاعَدْتُهُفَتَبَاعَدَVI

كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it, so it broke.

The object of the first action appears as the subject of the resulting event. This is not the same grammatical notion as a passive voice form.

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Infiʿāl and the Meaning of Responsiveness

Comprehensive Final Revision: Root Classes, Morphological Changes, Conjugations, Nouns and Verb-Form Semantics

Form VII often conveys intransitivity or a responsive outcome, but responsive meanings appear in several forms.

Causing actionResultResulting form
كَسَرْتُهُفَانْكَسَرَVII
أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَفَانْغَلَقَVII
عَلَّمْتُهُفَتَعَلَّمَV
بَاعَدْتُهُفَتَبَاعَدَVI

كَسَرْتُهُ فَانْكَسَرَ
Translation: I broke it, so it broke.

The object of the first action appears as the subject of the resulting event. This is not the same grammatical notion as a passive voice form.