مدونة التربية و التعليم في الجزائر – دروس، فروض، نتائج امتحانات مدونة التربية والتعليم في الجزائر | تحضير الدروس، فروض واختبارات، نتائج البكالوريا وBEM، مسابقات التوظيف، والتوجيه المدرسي للطلاب وأولياء الأمور.
Regular and Defective Verbs in Arabic
Arabic verbs are classified based on the presence of weak letters into different types.
Regular Verb
A verb with no weak letters hamza or doubled letters in its root. Examples: wrote studied opened.
Defective Verb
A verb whose final root letter is a weak letter waw or ya. Examples: called walked threw.
Conjugation Differences
Defective verbs drop their final weak letter in certain conjugations especially in the jussive case. Example: to call: he calls they call.
Exercises
Classify these verbs as regular or defective: 1) to help. 2) to invite. 3) to drink. 4) to hope.
See Verbs and Verb Conjugation.
