Verb conjugator

Arabic verb conjugation tables

Type any Arabic verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Arabic verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Arabic verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like كتب (to write) or كان (to be), or type any Arabic verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing كتب (to write) · sound verb, Form I, root ك ت ب; written without vowel marks

كتب

to write sound verb, Form I, root ك ت ب; written without vowel marks
المضارع (Present)
أنا أكتب
أنت (m) تكتب
أنت (f) تكتبين
هو يكتب
هي تكتب
أنتما تكتبان
هما (m) يكتبان
هما (f) تكتبان
نحن نكتب
أنتم تكتبون
أنتن تكتبن
هم يكتبون
هن يكتبن
الماضي (Past)
أنا كتبت
أنت (m) كتبت
أنت (f) كتبت
هو كتب
هي كتبت
أنتما كتبتما
هما (m) كتبا
هما (f) كتبتا
نحن كتبنا
أنتم كتبتم
أنتن كتبتن
هم كتبوا
هن كتبن
المستقبل (Future)
أنا سأكتب
أنت (m) ستكتب
أنت (f) ستكتبين
هو سيكتب
هي ستكتب
أنتما ستكتبان
هما (m) سيكتبان
هما (f) ستكتبان
نحن سنكتب
أنتم ستكتبون
أنتن ستكتبن
هم سيكتبون
هن سيكتبن

How Arabic conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: المضارع (Present), الماضي (Past), المستقبل (Future).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (sound verb, Form I, root ك ت ب; written without vowel marks for كتب, for example). Irregular verbs like كان (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Arabic, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Arabic verbs?

To conjugate a Arabic verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take كتب (to write): in the أنا form it is أكتب now, كتبت in the past, and سأكتب in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Arabic verbs?

The most common Arabic verbs include كتب (to write), كان (to be), قال (to say), ذهب (to go), فهم (to understand), أكل (to eat), أخذ (to take), سأل (to ask). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Arabic verb conjugation hard?

Arabic conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Arabic is FSI Category IV, about 2200 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Arabic have?

These three, المضارع (Present), الماضي (Past), المستقبل (Future), are the core of everyday Arabic and the right place to start. Real Arabic also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.