Conjugation of the Arabic Verb أَخَذَ (akhadha)

أَخَذَ

akhadha

Meaning

to take

Root (الجذر)

أ خ ذ

Form (الوزن)

Form I (hamzated)

Verbal Noun (مصدر)

أَخْذ (akhdh)

Active Participle (اسم الفاعل)

آخِذ (ākhidh)

Past Tense (الماضي)

The past tense is formed by adding suffixes to the verb stem. It expresses completed actions.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	أَخَذْتُ	akhadhtu
هُوَ	huwa	أَخَذَ	akhadha
هِيَ	hiya	أَخَذَتْ	akhadhat
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	أَخَذْنَا	akhadhnā
هُمْ	hum	أَخَذُوا	akhadhū

The present tense is formed with prefixes (and sometimes suffixes). It expresses ongoing, habitual, or future actions.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	آخُذُ	ākhudhu
أَنْتَ	anta	تَأْخُذُ	taʾkhudhu
هُوَ	huwa	يَأْخُذُ	yaʾkhudhu
هِيَ	hiya	تَأْخُذُ	taʾkhudhu
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	نَأْخُذُ	naʾkhudhu
هُمْ	hum	يَأْخُذُونَ	yaʾkhudhūna

Command forms used to tell someone to do something.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنْتَ	anta	خُذْ	khudh
أَنْتُمْ	antum	خُذُوا	khudhū

Past

أَخَذْتُ الكِتَابَ.

Akhadhtu al-kitāba.

I took the book.

Imperative

خُذْ هٰذَا!

Khudh hādhā!

Take this!

Present

يَأْخُذُ وَقْتًا طَوِيلاً.

Yaʾkhudhu waqtan ṭawīlan.

It takes a long time.