Conjugation of the Arabic Verb قَرَأَ (qaraʾa)

قَرَأَ

qaraʾa

Meaning

to read

Root (الجذر)

ق ر أ

Form (الوزن)

Form I (hamzated)

Verbal Noun (مصدر)

قِرَاءَة (qirāʾa)

Active Participle (اسم الفاعل)

قَارِئ (qāriʾ)

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	قَرَأْتُ	qaraʾtu
هُوَ	huwa	قَرَأَ	qaraʾa
هِيَ	hiya	قَرَأَتْ	qaraʾat
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	قَرَأْنَا	qaraʾnā
هُمْ	hum	قَرَأُوا	qaraʾū

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

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	أَقْرَأُ	aqraʾu
أَنْتَ	anta	تَقْرَأُ	taqraʾu
هُوَ	huwa	يَقْرَأُ	yaqraʾu
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	نَقْرَأُ	naqraʾu
هُمْ	hum	يَقْرَأُونَ	yaqraʾūna

Command forms used to tell someone to do something.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنْتَ	anta	اِقْرَأْ	iqraʾ
أَنْتُمْ	antum	اِقْرَأُوا	iqraʾū

Present

أَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا.

Aqraʾu kitāban.

I am reading a book.

Past

قَرَأْتُ المَقَالَةَ.

Qaraʾtu al-maqālata.

I read the article.

Imperative

اِقْرَأْ!

Iqraʾ!

Read!