Arabic Verb - To Refuse, Reject

مارس 10th, 2008

The word for “refuse, reject” is رَفَضَ (rafada).

Examples of how this word can be used:

* OPEC refused to increase production. - رفض الأوبيك زيادة الانتاج [here زيادة (zayada) means “increased”, as an adjective; أنتج (antaja) means “to produce]

Conjugated in the perfect (”past”) tense:

رَفَضْتُ (rafadtu) - I refused
رَفَضْتَ (rafadta) - You refused (m. sing.)
رَفَضْتِ (rafadti) - You refused (f. sing.)
رَفَضْتُمَا (rafadtuma) - You refused (dual)
رَفَضْتُم (rafadtum) - You refused (m. pl)
رَفَضْتُنَّ (rafadtunna) - You refused (f. pl)
رَفَضْنَا (rafadnaa) - We refused
رَفَضَ (rafada) - He refused
رَفَضَتْ (rafadat) - She refused
رَفَضَا - رَفَضَتَا (rafadataa - rafadaa) - They refused (dual)
رَفَضُوا (rafadua) - They refused (m. pl)
رَفَضْنَ (rafadna) - They refused (f. pl)

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