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nutty
Assalamun alaikum
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nutty
na-sa-ra = he helped
That's right. As you may/may not know, there are ten main different patterns of past tense verb. The pattern for the above na-sa-ra, is called fa-3a-la (where 3 represents the letter 'ain). Where there are two 3's, that represents an 'ain with a shaddah on it.
fa 3a la is called pattern number 1.
The others most common ones are:
2. fa33ala
3. faa3ala
4. af3ala
5. tafa33ala
6. tafaa3ala
7. infa3ala
8. ifta3ala
9. if3alla
10. istaf3ala
All of the above are past tense verb patterns. Not every word will have derivatives to fit all ten patterns.
Each pattern also has a specific pattern for the present tense, but I'm not putting them all here so as not to complicate things.
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nutty
as-la-mu (hamzah,sin,lan and mim) = he submitted
Actually, aslamu is a present tense verb that means "I am safe". It is the present tense of the verb sa-li-ma (he was safe). salima is pattern no 1.
"He submitted" is aslama (pattern number 4). And the present tense of this is yuslimu (he submits), or uslimu (I submit) etc.
So,
salima (past), yaslamu or aslamu (present) = safe
aslama (past), yuslimu or uslimu (present) = submit
format_quote Originally Posted by
nutty
How can 'aslamu' be past tense
It's present tense. see above.
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nutty
shouldnt it be salamu (he submitted)
The past tense verb for he submitted is aslama
There isn't a verb called salamu. salima = he was safe.
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nutty
What i want to know how come there is a hamzah in 'aslamu'
Aslamu =
I am safe. The hamza here means "I".
And aslama (verb pattern 4) always has a hamza at the beginning.
Please let me know if that doesn't make sense, as I don't think I've explained it very well.
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