Arabic for understand

laqina
ﻟَﻘِﻦَ
understand – past tense he
yalqanu
ﻳَﻠﻘَﻦُ
understand – present tense he

The Arabic verb for understand is written ﻟَﻘِﻦَ and pronunced laqina in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻠﻘَﻦُ and pronounced yalqanu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters:
The root of the word understand consists of three Arabic letters: lam that is written and pronounced l, qaf that is written and pronounced q and nun that is written and pronounced n. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Word related to understand

All letters in understand

ﻟَﻘِﻦَ
ﻟـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻟـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻦ
 
ﻟـ
ـﻠـ
ـﻞ
ﻗـ
ـﻘـ
ـﻖ
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
 
lam
l
qaf
q
nun
n
 
 
The Arabic word for understand consists of: The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ﻟـ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter qaf that is written ﻕ ( here ـﻘـ ) and pronounced q and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel i that is written as the sign ِ under the letter. The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ـﻦ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻟَﻘِﻦَ and pronounced laqina.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for understand

fa3ila becomes laqina

We have seen that the Arabic word for understand is written ﻟَﻘِﻦَ and pronounced laqina. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ila where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ila and the root letters are l, q and n, the word becomes laqina.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

Words with the same pattern as understand

Conjugations of understand

past tense
present tense
he
laqina
ﻟَﻘِﻦَ
he - past tense
yalqanu
ﻳَﻠﻘَﻦُ
he - present tense
she
laqinat
ﻟَﻘِﻨَﺖ
she - past tense
talqanu
ﺗَﻠﻘَﻦُ
she - present tense
I
laqintu
ﻟَﻘِﻨﺖُ
I - past tense
'alqanu
ﺃَﻟﻘَﻦُ
I - present tense