Arabic/Verbs/fa3ala

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فعل (fa-3a-la)


This is the verb with the meaning "to do". Lets conjugate it for هو (hu-wa) {meaning "he"}.

  • هو فعل شيئا

huwa fa`ala shai'an
hu-wa—fa-`a-la--shai-an
he did something.

  • هو يفعل شيئا

huwa yaf`alu shai'an
hu-wa—yaf-`a-lu--shai-an
He is doing something/He does something.

Now let's conjugate it for هي (hiya) {meaning "she"}.

  • هي فعلت شيئا

hiya fa`alat shai'an
hi-ya—fa-`a-lat--shai-an
she did something.

  • هي تفعل شيئا

hiya taf`alu shai'an
hi-ya—taf-`a-lu—shai-an
She is doing something.