- ܐܟܬܘܒ eḵtoḇ ܢܟܬܘܒ neḵtoḇ 2nd
person m. ܟܬܒܬ
kəṯaḇt ܟܬܒܬܘܢ kəṯaḇtûn ܬܟܬܘܒ teḵtoḇ ܬܟܬܒܘܢ teḵtəḇûn f. ܟܬܒܬܝ
kəṯaḇt ܟܬܒ̈ܬܝܢ kəṯaḇtên ܬܟܬܒܝܢ teḵtəḇîn ܬܟܬܒ̈ܢ teḵtəḇān...
- 2nd m. כתבת
kəṯaḇt ↔
kəṯaḇt כתבתון kəṯaḇtûn ↔ kəṯaḇton תכתב tiḵtuḇ ↔ teḵtoḇ תכתבון tiḵtəḇûn ↔ teḵtəḇûn 2nd f. (כתבתי ↔ כתבת(י kəṯaḇtî ↔
kəṯaḇt(y) כתבתן kəṯaḇtēn...
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Present مضارع and
Imperative أمر. An
example from the root k-t-b the verb
katabt/ʼaktub 'i wrote/i write' (which is a
regular sound verb):
While present...
- ..' ... قلت إلها [ʔʊlt- 'ɪl(l)-ha ...] 'I told her ...' ... كتبت إلّي [
katabt- 'ɪll-i ...] 'You
wrote me ...' The most
often cited example of
vowel harmony...
-
katabtu and
katabta (and
sometimes even katabti) can be
abbreviated to
katabt in
spoken Arabic and in pausa,
making them also
sound the same. ا (alif)...
- and the
bound pronouns. Note that
geminated forms like
Ammani after-CC
katabt-illo “I
wrote for him” are not to be
found in Salti,
which has katab(ə)t-lo:...
-
person Past Masc. كتبت
katabit كتبت
katabit كتب
katab كتبت
katabt كتبت
katabt كتب
katab Fem. كتبتي
katabti كتبت
katabit كتبتي katabti...
