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๐Ÿ“š Levantine Arabic Grammar

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Personal Pronouns

HebrewArabicEnglish
ืื ื™ุฃู†ุง (ana)I
ืืชื”ุฅู†ุชูŽ (inta)you (m)
ืืชุฅู†ุชู (inti)you (f)
ื”ื•ืู‡ููˆู‘ (huwwe)he
ื”ื™ืู‡ููŠู‘ (hiyye)she
ืื ื—ื ื•ู†ุญู†ุง (neแธฅna)we
ืืชื/ืŸุฅู†ุชูˆ (intu)you (pl)
ื”ื/ืŸู‡ูู…ู‘ (humme)they

โฎ๏ธ Past Tense (ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ)

Past tense in Levantine Arabic is formed by adding suffixes to the verb root.

Pattern Root + Suffix

PronounSuffixExample (ุฏุฑุณ - study)
ุฃู†ุง (I)-tุฏูŽุฑูŽุณุช (darast)
ุฅู†ุชูŽ (you m)-tุฏูŽุฑูŽุณุช (darast)
ุฅู†ุชู (you f)-tiุฏูŽุฑูŽุณุชูŠ (darasti)
ู‡ููˆู‘ (he)-ร˜ุฏูŽุฑูŽุณ (daras)
ู‡ููŠู‘ (she)-etุฏูŽุฑูŽุณูุช (darset)
ู†ุญู†ุง (we)-naุฏูŽุฑูŽุณู†ุง (darasna)
ุฅู†ุชูˆ (you pl)-tuุฏูŽุฑูŽุณุชูˆ (darastu)
ู‡ูู…ู‘ (they)-uุฏูŽุฑูŽุณูˆ (darasu)

โฏ๏ธ Present Tense (ุงู„ู…ุถุงุฑุน)

Present tense uses prefixes (and sometimes suffixes) added to the verb stem.

Pattern Prefix + Stem + (Suffix)

Common prefixes: b- (I), bt- (you/she), by- (he/they), mn- (we)

PronounPatternExample (ุฏุฑุณ - study)
ุฃู†ุง (I)b- + stemุจูŽุฏุฑูุณ (badros)
ุฅู†ุชูŽ (you m)bt- + stemุจุชูุฏุฑูุณ (btidros)
ุฅู†ุชู (you f)bt- + stem + -iุจุชูุฏุฑุณูŠ (btidrsi)
ู‡ููˆู‘ (he)by- + stemุจูŠูุฏุฑูุณ (byidros)
ู‡ููŠู‘ (she)bt- + stemุจุชูุฏุฑูุณ (btidros)
ู†ุญู†ุง (we)mn- + stemู…ู†ูุฏุฑูุณ (mnidros)
ุฅู†ุชูˆ (you pl)bt- + stem + -uุจุชูุฏุฑุณูˆ (btidrsu)
ู‡ูู…ู‘ (they)by- + stem + -uุจูŠูุฏุฑุณูˆ (byidrsu)