Conjugation of the Arabic Verb أَرَادَ (arāda)

أَرَادَ

arāda

Meaning

to want / to wish

Root (الجذر)

ر و د

Form (الوزن)

Form IV (hollow)

Verbal Noun (مصدر)

إِرَادَة (irāda)

Active Participle (اسم الفاعل)

مُرِيد (murīd)

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	أَرَدْتُ	aradtu
أَنْتَ	anta	أَرَدْتَ	aradta
هُوَ	huwa	أَرَادَ	arāda
هِيَ	hiya	أَرَادَتْ	arādat
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	أَرَدْنَا	aradnā
هُمْ	hum	أَرَادُوا	arādū

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

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	أُرِيدُ	urīdu
أَنْتَ	anta	تُرِيدُ	turīdu
هُوَ	huwa	يُرِيدُ	yurīdu
هِيَ	hiya	تُرِيدُ	turīdu
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	نُرِيدُ	nurīdu
هُمْ	hum	يُرِيدُونَ	yurīdūna

Command forms used to tell someone to do something.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنْتَ	anta	أَرِدْ	arid

Present

أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَعَلَّمَ العَرَبِيَّةَ.

Urīdu an ataʿallama al-ʿarabiyyata.

I want to learn Arabic.

Past

أَرَادَ أَنْ يُسَافِرَ.

Arāda an yusāfira.

He wanted to travel.

Question

مَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟

Mādhā turīdu?

What do you want?