The Imperative Verb in Arabic .. فعل الأمر في اللغة العربية

The Imperative Verb in Arabic .. فعل الأمر في اللغة العربية

The imperative verb, also called the command verb, is constructed from the imperfect conjugations. The table is divided into two sections, each with its own method of construction. The first is the ****** second person conjugations and the other is the third and first person conjugations as well as all the passives.

The method of constructing the first set is as follows.

· Start with the imperfect and remove the prefix. E.g. تَسْمَعُ becomes سْمَعُ
· Add the eliding Hamza. The vowel on this Hamza will be determined as follows
o If the second base letter has a ضمة, the Hamza will be given a ضمة
o If the second base letter has either of the other two vowels, the Hamza will be given a كسرة. So in our example, we haveاِسْمَعُ
· The same procedure will be carried out to the end of the new verb as was carried out for the tables with لم. E.g. our example verb will become اِسْمَعْ

The method of constructing the other conjugations is as follows.

· Prefix the conjugations with لِـ. This لام may have a سكون in certain situations
· This لـ will do to the verb what لم did to it

Imperative

لِيَسْمَعْ(he should listen)

لِيَسْمَعَا (they should listen)

لِيَسْمَعُوْا (they should listen)

لِتَسْمَعْ (she should listen)

لِتَسْمَعَا (they should listen)

لِيَسْمَعْنَ(they should listen)

اِسْمَعْ(listen)

اِسْمَعَا (listen)

اِسْمَعُوْا (listen)

اِسْمَعِيْ (listen)

اِسْمَعَا (listen)

اِسْمَعْنَ (listen)

لأِسْمَعْ(I should listen)

لِنَسْمَعْ(we should listen)

Imperative Passive

لِيُسْمَعْ(he should be heard)

لِيُسْمَعَا (they should be heard)

لِيُسْمَعُوْا (they should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعْ (she should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعَا (they should be heard)

لِيُسْمَعْنَ(they should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعْ (you should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعَا (you should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعُوْا (you should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعِيْ (you should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعَا (you should be heard)

لِتُسْمَعْنَ (you should be heard)

لأِسْمَعْ(I should be heard)


لِنُسْمَعْ(we should be heard)

Now the imperative can be emphasized using the same two methods of emphasis as in the imperfect verb. The method of construction is the same, except that the لَـ prefix is not added, and the meaning should be obvious. To gain a deep understanding of this, to learn it correctly and see and practice the conjugation tables, one is highly encouraged to learn Arabic through a course and use this tutorial only as a study resource.