Action in the Present

Ready to take a big leap in your Arabic learning journey? This chapter is fantastic and will teach you so much that will be incredibly useful in everyday conversations! Here, we'll learn how to talk about things you're doing now, things you always do (your habits), and even your simple future plans in Arabic. You'll get to know the four magical letters (أ, ت, ي, ن) that are the key to forming present tense verbs (Al-Mudari'). You'll see, with just these few small letters, you can build so many sentences! Then, we'll learn how to correctly pronounce the middle vowel sound of the verb (u, i, or a) – don't worry, it gets easy with practice. Finally, we'll understand that Arabic present tense verbs usually end with an 'u' sound or an 'ن' (noon), which we call the Indicative Mood. We'll specifically practice how to say I do (with 'أ') and We do (with 'ن'). Imagine you're in a restaurant in Cairo and you want to say, I want water, or We are waiting. Or you're talking to an Arabic-speaking friend and want to say,

I exercise every day,

Tomorrow, I am going to the market.

• 阿拉伯语现在时：正在做的事情 (المضارع)

  掌握这四个魔法前缀：«أ», «ت», «ي», «ن»，就能解锁阿拉伯语现在时的几乎所有动词！
• 阿拉伯语现在时与将来时：未完成式 (Al-Mudari')

  非完成体动词用“前缀”来表示正在发生、习惯性的或将来的动作，不需要像英语那样使用“是”之类的助动词。它有三个“魔法时间”：«正在做»、«经常做»、«将来做»。
• 阿拉伯语现在时元音：词干元音的变化 (u, i, a)

  记住新动词时，一定要把它的现在时中间元音（“u”、“i”或“a”）一起背下来，这是“入门级”知识！
• 阿拉伯语现在时：陈述语气 (Marfūʿ)

  直陈式是现在时的默认形式，记住它词尾有“u”（Damma）或者“n”就行！
• 我和我们：现在时（以 A- 和 N- 开头）

  想说“我”或“我们”在做某事？动词前面加“أ”代表“我”，加“ن”代表“我们”，就这么简单！