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LESSON 56Understanding Darija Verbs
Lesson objective
In this lesson, you will understand the basic form used to learn and conjugate Darija verbs.
The basic verb form
In English, verbs are usually learned in the infinitive form: to eat, to drink, to sit. Darija does not use an infinitive in the same way.
Instead, verbs are normally learned using the past-tense form for he — the third-person masculine singular form. Darija Academy uses this form as the basic form of the verb.
Examples
| English | Darija (basic form) |
|---|---|
| He drank / to drink | šrb |
| He hit / to hit | ḍrb |
| He sat / to sit | gls |
New verbs are normally presented in this form. Once you know this basic form, you can use it to form the past and present tenses.
Verb stems
Most Darija verbs have three letters. Prefixes can be added to the beginning of a verb, and suffixes can be added to the end.
Verbs with a vowel in the middle or at the end may follow different conjugation rules from verbs made only of consonants.
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