LessonsThe Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation RulesQuiz

The exercise asks students to conjugate verbs such as اِسْمَعْ، اُكْتُبْ and اِجْتَنِبْ. All three have the ordinary second-person singular imperative ending in sukūn, but they differ in their conjugational base and initial vowel.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
تَسْمَعُ → اِسْمَعْlisten; Form I with fatḥa on the middle root consonant.
تَكْتُبُ → اُكْتُبْwrite; Form I with ḍamma on the middle root consonant.
تَجْتَنِبُ → اِجْتَنِبْavoid; Form VIII (iftīʿāl).

The Form VIII medial ت belongs to the derived pattern and remains; only the imperfect prefix tāʾ is removed.

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Applying the rules to three textbook exercise verbs

The Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation Rules

The exercise asks students to conjugate verbs such as اِسْمَعْ، اُكْتُبْ and اِجْتَنِبْ. All three have the ordinary second-person singular imperative ending in sukūn, but they differ in their conjugational base and initial vowel.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
تَسْمَعُ → اِسْمَعْlisten; Form I with fatḥa on the middle root consonant.
تَكْتُبُ → اُكْتُبْwrite; Form I with ḍamma on the middle root consonant.
تَجْتَنِبُ → اِجْتَنِبْavoid; Form VIII (iftīʿāl).

The Form VIII medial ت belongs to the derived pattern and remains; only the imperfect prefix tāʾ is removed.