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Template Use
Conjugation Table
10 Forms
Template Use
Conjugation Table
10 Forms
Conjugation of the 10 Forms, using fa’ala (f-‘a-l)(XaYaZ)
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
regular causative reciprocal causative reflexive reflexive passive reflexive colored cause & reflective
fa’ala fa’’ala faa’ala ‘if’’ala tafa’’ala tafaa’ala inf’ala ifta’ala if’alla istaf’ala
So under this perfect tense conjugation, there are 80 columns to work out. This is just the “I” regular form column, There are
9 more columns.
This is just to fix in your mind that for Arabic and other Semitic languages there is vast inflection in the word meanings based
on form and vowels.
In English there isn’t much of that. We have prepositions and stuff like that, but we keep the form the same most of the time.
In Arabic there can be as many as 70 different meanings for each tri-literal. Most don’t but some do.
This is why it is said that it is impossible to translate Arabic into English effectively. There is no way you can get the nuances
of many of the words unless it’s your native tongue. So we get the mandate to learn Arabic, as it’s the language of the Qur’
an and Angels. So to understand, you need to understand this transmission form.
I don’t feel that you need the depth shown here, but there is much to be gained by study of the words in the Qur’an. If God
had wanted us to know this, He would have made us Arabic speaking by birth. Since He didn’t, it is merely a good goal.
Also, if you talk to Arabs, they don’t know all the meanings either, and they too have slang and lost meanings. But they have
a feel for the sounds, and they take meaning from feeling rather than precise conjugation.
10 Forms Chart - Simplified
The first entry is a noun in the perfect tense.
second entry letter shows how to vowel the imperfect tense.
then the verbal nown in {parenthisis) is – masdar
then derived stems by triliteral forms – I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X.
very few words have all the stems from I – X.
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I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X
regular causative reciprocal causative reflexive reflexive passive reflexive colored cause & reflective
fa’ala fa’’ala faa’ala ‘if’’ala tafa’’ala tafaa’ala inf’ala ifta’ala if’alla istaf’ala
So under this perfect tense conjugation, there are 80 columns to work out. This is just the “I” regular form column, There are
9 more columns.
- 1. Perfect active fa’ala
2. Perfect passive fu’ila
3. Imperfect active yaf’ilu
4. Imperfect passive yuf’alu
5. Imperative if’’il
6. Active participle faa’ilun
7. Passive participle maf’uwlun
8. Masdar - noun fa’luwn – fi’aalaat – fu’uwlun
This is just to fix in your mind that for Arabic and other Semitic languages there is vast inflection in the word meanings based
on form and vowels.
In English there isn’t much of that. We have prepositions and stuff like that, but we keep the form the same most of the time.
In Arabic there can be as many as 70 different meanings for each tri-literal. Most don’t but some do.
This is why it is said that it is impossible to translate Arabic into English effectively. There is no way you can get the nuances
of many of the words unless it’s your native tongue. So we get the mandate to learn Arabic, as it’s the language of the Qur’
an and Angels. So to understand, you need to understand this transmission form.
I don’t feel that you need the depth shown here, but there is much to be gained by study of the words in the Qur’an. If God
had wanted us to know this, He would have made us Arabic speaking by birth. Since He didn’t, it is merely a good goal.
Also, if you talk to Arabs, they don’t know all the meanings either, and they too have slang and lost meanings. But they have
a feel for the sounds, and they take meaning from feeling rather than precise conjugation.
10 Forms Chart - Simplified
The first entry is a noun in the perfect tense.
second entry letter shows how to vowel the imperfect tense.
then the verbal nown in {parenthisis) is – masdar
then derived stems by triliteral forms – I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X.
very few words have all the stems from I – X.
- I = fa^ala - using Fa, Ain (^), Lam - as listed above in the perfect and imperfect tenses with masdar.
- II = fa^^ala – doubled middle vowel
- III = faa^ala – prolonged first vowel
- IV = af^ala – alif at front, with sukoon on first consonent.
- V = tafa^^ala – add the Ta to II
- VI = tafaa^ala – add the Ta to III
- VII = infa^ala – add “in” to the front
- VIII = ifta^ala – use pattern
- IX = if^alla – use pattern with doubled third consonent
- X = istaf^ala – add “ista” to the front
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Templates for noun masdars – morphology of using 10 forms
Patterns are visible in the Arabic language.
Arabic words are composed of roots.
Most words usually have 3 roots, a triliteral.
Example 1:
كتاب (kitaab) has the same root consonants as مكتب (maktab).
So the template being used is “maXYaZ”, and lots of masdars use this formula.
Using “fa`ala”, the template would read “maf’ala”, also the masdar.
مَطْعَم (mat`am) is a masdar that means"restaurant", or “with food”.
كتاب (kitaab) is the masdar that means “office”, or “with books”
Templates are used to show where the 3 roots are in the word.
It is a tool used to understand the forms of Arabic.
The template for كِتاب (kitaab) is فِعال (XiYaaZ).
Note that كِتاب means book, while فِعال (XiYaaZ) is simply a tool used to understand Arabic morphology.
فِعال is “fa`ala”, and fa`ala is used as another form of template used in conjugation.
To use an Arabic/English dictionary, you need to know how to read the basics of the Arabic script. Also you need to know
about transliteration. Most dictionaries will show both in Arabic letters and in transliteration. You will need the code of the
dictionary entries too, so you can make sense of the order.
Knowing templates can allow you to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by form. Much like a person learning
English does not need to look up the word "cleaner" once they know the word "clean".
Example 2:
Patterns are visible in the Arabic language.
Arabic words are composed of roots.
Most words usually have 3 roots, a triliteral.
Example 1:
كتاب (kitaab) has the same root consonants as مكتب (maktab).
So the template being used is “maXYaZ”, and lots of masdars use this formula.
Using “fa`ala”, the template would read “maf’ala”, also the masdar.
مَطْعَم (mat`am) is a masdar that means"restaurant", or “with food”.
كتاب (kitaab) is the masdar that means “office”, or “with books”
Templates are used to show where the 3 roots are in the word.
It is a tool used to understand the forms of Arabic.
The template for كِتاب (kitaab) is فِعال (XiYaaZ).
Note that كِتاب means book, while فِعال (XiYaaZ) is simply a tool used to understand Arabic morphology.
فِعال is “fa`ala”, and fa`ala is used as another form of template used in conjugation.
To use an Arabic/English dictionary, you need to know how to read the basics of the Arabic script. Also you need to know
about transliteration. Most dictionaries will show both in Arabic letters and in transliteration. You will need the code of the
dictionary entries too, so you can make sense of the order.
Knowing templates can allow you to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by form. Much like a person learning
English does not need to look up the word "cleaner" once they know the word "clean".
Example 2:
- I = qatala (perfect) = kill – qatula (imperfect)
- masdar = qatl - maqtal = killing
- II= qattala = cause killing
- III = qaatala = to combat, battle
- IV = not defined
- V = not defined
- VI,VII = taqaatala – inqatala = combat each other
- X = istaqtala = to risk life, defy death
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