LessonsThe Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation RulesQuiz

Correct imperative derivation requires more than changing one end letter. Identify the imperfect person, its verb form and the middle-root vowel, then apply either the special direct-active second-person rule or the general lām al-amr rule.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
تَسْمَعُ → اِسْمَعْ → اِسْمَعَا → اِسْمَعُواlisten (one male), you two listen, you men listen.
تَكْتُبُ → اُكْتُبْ → اُكْتُبِي → اُكْتُبْنَwrite (one male), one female, women plural.
يَكْتُبُ → لِيَكْتُبْlet him write.

The final example refers to the third person, so it uses imperative lām rather than the connecting hamzah of the direct active command.

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The Imperative: Active and Passive Paradigms and Formation Rules

Correct imperative derivation requires more than changing one end letter. Identify the imperfect person, its verb form and the middle-root vowel, then apply either the special direct-active second-person rule or the general lām al-amr rule.

Word / formMeaning / explanation
تَسْمَعُ → اِسْمَعْ → اِسْمَعَا → اِسْمَعُواlisten (one male), you two listen, you men listen.
تَكْتُبُ → اُكْتُبْ → اُكْتُبِي → اُكْتُبْنَwrite (one male), one female, women plural.
يَكْتُبُ → لِيَكْتُبْlet him write.

The final example refers to the third person, so it uses imperative lām rather than the connecting hamzah of the direct active command.