🔤 Grammar
Past tense — talking about a trip
The Arabic past tense uses suffixes on the verb root. ذهب (to go) has past forms ذهبتُ (I went), ذهبتَ (you went, m.), ذهبَ (he went), ذهبت (she went), ذهبنا (we went).
Conjugation tables
ذهب — to go (past)
| Pronoun | Arabic | Translit |
|---|---|---|
| أنا | ذهبتُ | dhahabtu |
| أنتَ | ذهبتَ | dhahabta |
| أنتِ | ذهبتِ | dhahabti |
| هو | ذهبَ | dhahaba |
| هي | ذهبت | dhahabat |
| نحن | ذهبنا | dhahabnā |
| أنتم | ذهبتم | dhahabtum |
| هم | ذهبوا | dhahabū |
Examples
- ذهبتُ إلى دبي في العام الماضي.dhahabtu ilā Dubayy fī l-ʿām al-māḍī.I went to Dubai last year.
- اشترينا التذاكر عبر الإنترنت.ishtaraynā t-tadhākira ʿabr al-intirnit.We bought the tickets online.
Practice
Match each past form of ذهب to its pronoun.
Tap a pronoun below, then tap the past form it belongs to — or drag it.
Past form
Pronoun