Conjugation of the Arabic Verb فَعَلَ (faʿala)

فَعَلَ

faʿala

Meaning

to do / to make

Root (الجذر)

ف ع ل

Form (الوزن)

Form I (sound)

Verbal Noun (مصدر)

فِعْل (fiʿl)

Active Participle (اسم الفاعل)

فَاعِل (fāʿil)

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	فَعَلْتُ	faʿaltu
أَنْتَ	anta	فَعَلْتَ	faʿalta
هُوَ	huwa	فَعَلَ	faʿala
هِيَ	hiya	فَعَلَتْ	faʿalat
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	فَعَلْنَا	faʿalnā
هُمْ	hum	فَعَلُوا	faʿalū

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

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	أَفْعَلُ	afʿalu
أَنْتَ	anta	تَفْعَلُ	tafʿalu
هُوَ	huwa	يَفْعَلُ	yafʿalu
هِيَ	hiya	تَفْعَلُ	tafʿalu
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	نَفْعَلُ	nafʿalu
هُمْ	hum	يَفْعَلُونَ	yafʿalūna

Command forms used to tell someone to do something.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنْتَ	anta	اِفْعَلْ	ifʿal
أَنْتُمْ	antum	اِفْعَلُوا	ifʿalū

Past

مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟

Mādhā faʿalta?

What did you do?

Present

أَفْعَلُ مَا أَسْتَطِيعُ.

Afʿalu mā astaṭīʿu.

I do what I can.

Imperative

اِفْعَلْ الخَيْرَ!

Ifʿal al-khayra!

Do good!