LessonsPresent-Tense Verb: Signs and Three ParadigmsQuiz

Use the familiar verb يَكْتُبُ to see how the subject changes the form.

هُوَ يَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — He writes the lesson.
أَنْتِ تَكْتُبِينَ الدَّرْسَ — You (feminine singular) write the lesson.
أَنَا أَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — I write the lesson.
نَحْنُ نَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — We write the lesson.

The root meaning remains “write”; the prefix and ending identify the subject.

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Present-Tense Verb: Signs and Three Paradigms

Use the familiar verb يَكْتُبُ to see how the subject changes the form.

هُوَ يَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — He writes the lesson.
أَنْتِ تَكْتُبِينَ الدَّرْسَ — You (feminine singular) write the lesson.
أَنَا أَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — I write the lesson.
نَحْنُ نَكْتُبُ الدَّرْسَ — We write the lesson.

The root meaning remains “write”; the prefix and ending identify the subject.