The imperative tense / الأَمْر

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Form I / الوَزْن الأَوّل

The Arabic imperative verb is formed by stripping away the prefix تَـ from the 2nd person jussive and adding a hamzatu l-waṣl, (which does not need to be articulated).

مُثَنّى (dual)جمع (plural)مُفْرَد (singular)الأَمْر
Imperative


اِفْعَلا
اِفْعَلُوااِفْعَلْالمُذَكَّر
masc.
المُخاطَب 
2nd person 
افْعَلْنَاِفْعَلِيالمُؤَنَّث
fem.

Note: The vowel of the hamzatu l-waṣl is a ḍamma if the verb has a ḍamma on the middle root letter, otherwise it is a kasra.

اُدْخُلْ
enter!


🢠 الأَمْر
Imperative
🢠 دَخَلَ يَدْخُلُ
to enter
اِفْتَحْ 
open!
🢠 فَتَحَ يَفْتَحُ
to open
اِجْلِسْ
sit!
🢠 جَلَسَ يَجْلِسُ
to sit

Augmented forms / الأَوْزان المَزِيدة

For the imperative of augmented forms (الأَوْزان المَزِيدة) the following models will be used:

Form IIفَعِّلْ
فَكِّرْ
think!
Form IIIفاعِلْ
حاوِلْ
try!
Form IVأَفْعِلْ
أَسْلِمْ
submit!
Form Vتَفَعَّلْ
تَكَلَّمْ
speak!
Form VIتَفاعَلْ
تَداوَلْ
trade!
Form VIIاِنْفَعِلْ
اِنْحَسِبْ
retreat!
Form VIIIاِفْتَعِلْ
اِرْتَجِلْ
improvise!
Form IXاِفْعَلِلْ
اِحْمَرِرْ
blush!
Form Xاِسْتَفْعِلْ
اِسْتَسْلِمْ
surrender!

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