Past Tense In Moroccan Arabic

In this lesson, we will discuss the past tense in Moroccan Arabic, the suffixes added to every type of the 4 Darija verb types, followed by examples. (We talked about the 4 types in this post here. Let’s get started!

Past Tense In Moroccan Arabic

The Past Tense Form In Moroccan Arabic

We will use the form below for every verb type with a few tweaks:

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Past Tense Form For CCC

To conjugate CCC verbs like ktb, lbs, gls, we just add the prefix:

Conjugation of ktb (to write) in the past:

Past Tense Form For CC Verbs

To conjugate CC verbs like sed, keb we add an “i” before the past tense suffix in the first and second pronouns (both singular and plural) :

Conjugation of keb (to pour) in the past:

Past Tense Form For CCV Verbs

To conjugate CCV verbs like shra, kla we replace “a” with “i” before the past tense suffix in the first and second pronouns (both singular and plural) :

Conjugation of shra (to buy) in the past:

Conjugation of ja (to come) in the past:

Past Tense Form For CVC Verbs

To conjugate CVC verbs like ban, tar, gal we remove “a” with (except for hiya, howa and huma) and then add the past tense suffix:

Conjugation of tar (to fly) in the past:

Conjugation of gal (to say) in the past:

Happy learning!

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