ARABIC: Verb to be in the past

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I am teaching you the whole conjugation and usage of the very to be in the past tense. if you have any questions or doubts please comment or send me a message.
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[spa000sil]

@92559255able

just add (sin) ســـ to the present tense verbs

for example:

I play : ألعب (al3ab) becomes سألعب (sa'al3ab) : i will play

she eats : تأكل (ta'kul) becomes ستأكل (sata'kul) : she will eat

they go: يذهبون (yathhaboon) becomes سيذهبون (sayathhaboon) : they will go

nothing more :)

[sandinotheturtle90]

Does there exist any distinction in Arabic with the verb to be between permanent and temporal condition? As in Spanish, ser and estar (essere and stare in Italian)?

[elchami743]

@Ann2808fl antum = you (plural for boys) Antunna = you (plural for girls) Hum = they (Plural for boys) Hunna = they (plural for girls)

[saviourag]

@sandinotheturtle90 There is the temporal one in Arabic but not the other, so there is stare in the present tense (يكون) but not essere in the present tense (which is omitted in Arabic). In the past tense both become كان

[peace4aIl]

@irfand4 يكون is the present tense of كان. Hope that helps

[irfand4]

Thank you for this enlightening lesson. You taught "kana" exceptionally well. Can you please tell me what "yakoonu" means ? Mashkoor jiddan.

[dula111111]

hi Maha thank you so much for you class with luca i have got a lots of knowledge of arabic letters ,mohamed

[a4r1f]

@waled22002 she meant to say english has 16 tenses , Arabic only 3 , arabic is easier in this regard then english ..

[Ann2808fl]

Marhaban Maha :) Kaifa haaluki? I have a doubt 'cause my english isn't perfect :s... I'm a little confused with: "antum", "antumna", "hun" and "kunna"... I'm confused with femenine and masculine :(... I would like to be clare there... Shukran and Ma assalama :D

[PositivePeaceful]

what suffix for كانتا ?

[waled22002]

i like it when she said its easier than English, lol Arabic is one of the worlds most complicated languages so its not easy

[MrPolyglot10]

Amazing! The best teaching method I have ever heard. Everything is crystal clear. I enjoy following your lessons. I can't enough praise you to the skies. Thank you very much.