Arabic Verb of the Day - To Ask

فبراير 15th, 2008

The word “ask” is سأل (sa’ala).

Conjugated in the perfect (”past”) tense:

سَألْتُ (sa’altu) - I asked
سَألْتَ (sa’alta) - You asked (m. sing.)
َسَألْتِ (sa’alti) - You asked (f. sing.)
سَألْتُمَا (sa’altuma) - You asked(dual)
سَألْتُم (sa’altum) - You asked(m. pl)
سَألتُنَّ (sa’altunna) - You asked (f. pl)
سَألَََنَا (sa’alanaa) - We asked
سَألََ (sa’ala) - He asked
سَألَتْ (sa’alat) - She asked
سَألََتَام (sa’alatam) - They asked (dual)
سَألُوا (sa’alua) - They asked (m. pl)
سَألَْنَ (sa’alana) - They asked (f. pl)

سَألت عن الاطفال - She asked about the children.

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