Arabic Verb of the Day - To Put

فبراير 11th, 2008

وَضَعَ (wada’a) - to put or set, lay (he put)
Here is the “past” or perfect tense conjugation for other pronouns, which involves attaching a suffix to the word root.

وَضَعْتُ (wada’tu) - I put
وَضَعْتَ (wada’ta) - You put (m. sing.)
وَضَعْتِ (wada’ti) - You put (f. sing.)
وَضعْتُمَا (wada’tuma) - You put (dual)
وَضَعْتُم (wada’tum) - You put (m. pl)
وَضَعتُنَّ (wada’tunna) - You put (f. pl)
وَضَعْنَا (wada’naa) - We put
وَضَعَ (wada’a) - He put
وَضَعْت (wada’t) - She put
وَضَعَتَا (wada’atam) - They put (dual)
وَضَعُوا (wadau’ua) - They put (m. pl)
وَضَعْنَ (wada’na) - They put (f. pl)

Use of وَضَعَ in a sentence:
وَضَعَ محمد الكِتاب على الطاولة - Mohamed put the book on the table.
وَضَعْتُ الصَندوق في الخِزانة - I put the box in the closet.
وَضَعْتْ سُكَر في الشاي - She put sugar in the tea.

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