Conjugations of 'to be about to'
present tense
past tense
subjunctive
jussive
I
'akaadu
أَكَادُ
I - present tense
kidtu
كِدتُ
I - past tense
'akada
أَكَدَ
I - subjunctive
'akad
أَكَد
I - jussive
you (m)
takaadu
تَكَادُ
you (m) - present tense
kidta
كِدتَ
you (m) - past tense
takada
تَكَدَ
you (m) - subjunctive
takad
تَكَد
you (m) - jussive
you (f)
takaadiina
تَكَادِينَ
you (f) - present tense
kidti
كِدتِ
you (f) - past tense
takaadii
تَكَادِي
you (f) - subjunctive
takaadii
تَكَادِي
you (f) - jussive
he
yakaadu
يَكَادُ
he - present tense
kaada
كَادَ
he - past tense
yakada
يَكَدَ
he - subjunctive
yakad
يَكَد
he - jussive
she
takaadu
تَكَادُ
she - present tense
kaadat
كَادَت
she - past tense
takada
تَكَدَ
she - subjunctive
takad
تَكَد
she - jussive
we
nakaadu
نَكَادُ
we - present tense
kidnaa
كِدنَا
we - past tense
nakada
نَكَدَ
we - subjunctive
nakad
نَكَد
we - jussive
you (pl m)
takaaduuna
تَكَادُونَ
you (pl m) - present tense
kidtum
كِدتُم
you (pl m) - past tense
takaaduu
تَكَادُوا
you (pl m) - subjunctive
takaaduu
تَكَادُوا
you (pl m) - jussive
you (pl f)
takadna
تَكَدنَ
you (pl f) - present tense
kidtunna
كِدتُنَّ
you (pl f) - past tense
takadna
تَكَدنَ
you (pl f) - subjunctive
takadna
تَكَدنَ
you (pl f) - jussive
they (m)
yakaaduuna
يَكَادُونَ
they (m) - present tense
kaaduu
كَادُوا
they (m) - past tense
yakaaduu
يَكَادُوا
they (m) - subjunctive
yakaaduu
يَكَادُوا
they (m) - jussive
they (f)
yakadna
يَكَدنَ
they (f) - present tense
kidna
كِدنَ
they (f) - past tense
yakadna
يَكَدنَ
they (f) - subjunctive
yakadna
يَكَدنَ
they (f) - jussive
you (dual)
takaadaani
تَكَادَانِ
you (dual) - present tense
kidtumaa
كِدتُمَا
you (dual) - past tense
takadaa
تَكَدَا
you (dual) - subjunctive
takadaa
تَكَدَا
you (dual) - jussive
they (dual m)
yakaadaani
يَكَادَانِ
they (dual m) - present tense
kidaa
كِدَا
they (dual m) - past tense
yakadaa
يَكَدَا
they (dual m) - subjunctive
yakadaa
يَكَدَا
they (dual m) - jussive
they (dual f)
takaadaani
تَكَادَانِ
they (dual f) - present tense
kidataa
كِدَتَا
they (dual f) - past tense
takadaa
تَكَدَا
they (dual f) - subjunctive
takadaa
تَكَدَا
they (dual f) - jussive
Imperative
you (m)
kad
كَد
you (m) - imperative
you (f)
kaadii
كَادِي
you (f) - imperative
you (dual)
kaadaa
كَادَا
you (dual) - imperative
you (pl m)
kaaduu
كَادُوا
you (pl m) - imperative
you (pl f)
kadna
كَدنَ
you (pl f) - imperative
Verbs in the past tense are conjugated by changing the end of the word.
Verbs in the present tense are conjugated by changing the beginning and the end of the word.
Except from the normal form of present tense, there are two other forms called subjunctive and jussive.
The subjunctive (also known as the imperfect subjunctive) is used after the particles that and will not.
The jussive is used after the particle lam to negate past tense.
The imperative is used for commands and requests.