كَتَب
to write, he wrote · imperfect yikteb · pattern class 1e · tap the verb to hear it
Past
| ana | katabt | كتبت |
| inta | katabt | كتبت |
| inti | katabti | كتبتي |
| huwwe | katab | كتب |
| hiyye | katbat | كتبت |
| i7na | katabna | كتبنا |
| intu | katabtu | كتبتو |
| humme | katabu | كتبو |
Present
The everyday b- form.
| ana | bakteb | بكتب |
| inta | btikteb | بتكتب |
| inti | btiketbi | بتكتبي |
| huwwe | bikteb | بكتب |
| hiyye | btikteb | بتكتب |
| i7na | mnikteb | منكتب |
| intu | btiketbu | بتكتبو |
| humme | biketbu | بكتبو |
Subjunctive
After bidd- (want to), 3ashaan (in order to), lamma (when).
| ana | 'akteb | أكتب |
| inta | tikteb | تكتب |
| inti | tiketbi | تكتبي |
| huwwe | yikteb | يكتب |
| hiyye | tikteb | تكتب |
| i7na | nikteb | نكتب |
| intu | tiketbu | تكتبو |
| humme | yiketbu | يكتبو |
Imperative
| inta | ikteb | اكتب |
| inti | iketbi | اكتبي |
| intu | iketbu | اكتبو |
Spoken paradigms, not MSA: these are the forms from the Speaking Arabic verb tables, the way they're said in Palestine. Arabic spellings of conjugated forms are conventional; the dialect has no official orthography. Want any word converted between spellings? Use the transliteration converter.
