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LESSON 74Irregular Verbs Ending in “a” — “a” Changes to “i”
Lesson objective
In this lesson, you will begin studying irregular present-tense verbs that end in a long a. In this first category, the final a changes to a long i, and the normal present-tense prefixes and suffixes are added.
Example verb: “to run” (jra)
| English | Darija |
|---|---|
| I run | kan-jri |
| You run — masculine | kat-jri |
| You run — feminine | kat-jri |
| He runs | kay-jri |
| She runs | kat-jri |
| We run | kan-jriu |
| You run — plural | kat-jriu |
| They run | kay-jriu |
The masculine and feminine singular forms of “you” are the same in this category.
Verbs that follow the same pattern
- bna — to build
- šra — to buy
- bka — to cry
- nqqa — to clean
- ja — to come
- ṭwa — to fold
- qla — to fry
- sala — to finish
- mša — to go
- ṣlla — to pray
- bġa — to like / love
- wrra — to show
- ġnna — to sing
- kma — to smoke
- qrra — to teach
- ṭfa — to turn off
Examples
Hassan kay-ġnni f d-duš. — Hassan sings / is singing in the shower.
ma-kan-kmi-š l-нšiš. — I do not smoke hash.
weš kat-jri kul ṣbaн? — Do you run every morning?
Activity exercise
Describe activities in pictures using: šnu kay-dir? / šnu kat-dir? / šnu kay-diru?