Conjugation of the Arabic Verb سَكَنَ (sakana)

سَكَنَ

sakana

Meaning

to live / to reside

Root (الجذر)

س ك ن

Form (الوزن)

Form I (sound)

Verbal Noun (مصدر)

سَكَن / سُكْنَى (sakan / suknā)

Active Participle (اسم الفاعل)

سَاكِن (sākin)

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	سَكَنْتُ	sakantu
هُوَ	huwa	سَكَنَ	sakana
هِيَ	hiya	سَكَنَتْ	sakanat
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	سَكَنَّا	sakannā
هُمْ	hum	سَكَنُوا	sakanū

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

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنَا	anā	أَسْكُنُ	askunu
أَنْتَ	anta	تَسْكُنُ	taskunu
هُوَ	huwa	يَسْكُنُ	yaskunu
نَحْنُ	naḥnu	نَسْكُنُ	naskunu
هُمْ	hum	يَسْكُنُونَ	yaskunūna

Command forms used to tell someone to do something.

Pronoun	Transliteration	Arabic	Pronunciation
أَنْتَ	anta	اُسْكُنْ	uskun

Present

أَسْكُنُ فِي القَاهِرَةِ.

Askunu fī al-qāhirati.

I live in Cairo.

Past

سَكَنْتُ فِي دُبَيّ.

Sakantu fī dubayy.

I lived in Dubai.

Question

أَيْنَ تَسْكُنُ؟

Ayna taskunu?

Where do you live?