Present Tense (3rd Group)

The 3^rd conjugation group consists of all verbs ending with an A.
In conjugation, the vowel a is transformed to an i... The majority of verbs in this category follow this pattern.
NB We keep the same prefixes used for the first and second conjugation groups.

shra شرا - To buy
Pronouns	Verb	English
ana	nshri نشري	I buy
nta	tshri تشري	You buy (m)
nti	tshri تشري	You buy (f)
huwa	yshri يشري	He buys
hiya	tshri تشري	She buys
7na	nshriw نشريو	We buy
ntuma	tshriw تشريو	You buy
huma	yshriw يشريو	They buy

similar verbs :

3Ta ( to give)	msha ( to go)	bgha (to want/to love)
hda (to give a gift)	ja ( to come)	bka (to cry)
bna (to build,construct)	kra ( to rent)	dwa (to talk/speak)
9la (to fry)	shwa ( to roast)
Sella ( to pray)	gheTTa ( to cover)	ghenna ( to sing)
jerra ( to run)	khella (to leave)

Very few verbs keep the vowel a. Here's what happens:

qra قرا - To read/To study
Pronouns	Verb	English
ana	nqra نقرا	I read I study
nta	tqra تقرا	You read (m) You study (m)
nti	tqray تقراي	You read (f) You study (f)
huwa	yqra يقرا	He reads He studies
hiya	tqra تقرا	She reads She studies
7na	nqraw نقراو	We read We study
ntuma	tqraw تقراو	You read You study
huma	yqraw يقراو	They read They study

similar verbs :

bda ( to start/begin)	bqa ( to stay/remain)	nsa (to forget)

Present Tense (2nd Group)

The second conugation group consists of all verbs composed from 3 letters (two consonants separated by the vowel A)

We still keep the same prefixes and suffixes used for the first conjugation group but what makes this group different to the first one is the changes occuring in the level of the vowel A. This latter is transformed into "OU" or " I" depending on the verb. (must be learned by heart)

a -----> ou
shaf شاف - To see
Pronouns	Singular	Plural
ana 7na	nshouf نشوف I see	nshoufu نشوفو We see
nta ntuma	tshouf تشوف You see (m)	tshoufu تشوفو You see
nti ntuma	tshoufi تشوفي You see (f)
huwa huma	yshouf يشوف He sees	yshoufu يشوفو They see
hiya huma	tshouf تشوف She sees

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similar verbs :

mat ( to die)	gal (to say)	kan ( to be)
3am ( to swim)	Dar (to turn)	zar ( to visit)
lam (to blame)	dakh ( to get dizzy)	la7 (to throw)
fat ( to depass)	Sag ( to drive)

a ----> i
dar دار - To do
Pronouns	Singular	Plural
ana 7na	ndir ندير I do	ndiru نديرو We do
nta ntuma	tdir تدير You do (m)	tdiru تديرو You do
nti ntuma	tdiri تديري You do (f)
huwa huma	ydir يدير He does	ydiru يديرو They do
hiya huma	tdir تدير She does

similar verbs

ba3 ( to sell)	fa9 ( to wake up)
Tar ( to fly)	mal ( to tend/incline)
jab ( to bring)	zad ( to add/increase)

* There are few verbs which do not obey this rule

Present Tense (1st Group)

Moroccan verbs can be grouped into three conjugation classes. The first conugation class or group consists of all verbs composed from 3 consonants or more ( except those which end with a vowel).
The verbs in this conjugation, which together constitute the great majority of Moroccan verbs, are all conjugated similarly, though there are a number of verbs with slight changes arising from orthographical and especially phonological considerations!
Tenses are designated by a variety of prefixes and suffixes.Most verbs are regular and follow the pattern detailed below:

ana ne-verb ;

nta te-verb ;

nti t-verb-i ;

huwa ye-verb ;

hiya te-verb ;

7na n-verv-u ;

ntuma t-verb-u ;

huma y-verb-u

Example

Imperfective (Present Tense)
kteb كتب - To Write
Pronouns	Singular	Plural
ana 7na	nekteb نكتب I write	nketbu نكتبو We write
nta ntuma	tekteb تكتب You write (m)	tketbu تكتبو You write
nti ntuma	tketbi تكتبي You write (f)
huwa huma	yekteb يكتب He writes	yketbu يكتبو They write
hiya huma	tekteb تكتب She writes

N.B :

• Letters in red are the prefixes and suffixes appropriate to the Present Tense!
• The "e" is used here to help with the pronounciation. It can be droped.

Once you learned how to conjugate verbs of the 1st group you can practice with these ones and at the same time you'll enrich your vocabulary. Good luck!

Dreb (to hit)
hreb (to run away)
shreb (to drink)
khTeb ( to get engaged)
dkhel (to enter)
khrej ( to get out, leave)
n3es (to sleep)
rkeb (to ride)
shTe7 (to dance)
fhem (to understand)
3ref (to know)

kdeb (to lie)
khdem (to work)
fTer (to have breakfast)

Tleb (to ask for something)
hDer (to speak/talk)

sedd (to close) nsedd; tsedd; tseddi; ysedd; tsedd; nseddu; tseddu; yseddu

7ell (to open)

reDD (to pay back/ give back/answer back/throw up..)

shekk ( to suspect/to doubt)

jerr (to grab/to pull)

3eDD (to bite)

khTar (to choose) nkhTar; tkhTar; tkhTari; yekhTar; tkhTar; nkhTaru; tkhTaru; ykhTaru

Sift, (to send)

jawb (to answer)

3awn (to help)
Sawb (to fix)

Safer (to travel)
same7 (to forgive)

tferrej (to watch) : netferrej, ttferrej, ttferrji, yetferrej, ttferrej, ntferrju, ttferrju, yetferrju

tkellem (to speak/talk)
t3ellem (to learn)
tzewwej ( to get married)

Teyyeb (to cook)
sewwel (to ask)

9elleb ( to search)

Pronounciation