EnglishGrammar: Modal verbs
There are no real modal verbs in Arabic, but modality is expressed by different types of words, followed by the main verb in imperfect form (without b-prefix).
Pseudo verbs🠉
| bidd... | want to; will | |
See ⇒ Pseudo verbs
Adverbs🠉
| lāzem | must; should | |
| mumken | may | |
Adverbs are not conjugated, but remain unchanged.
The past and future tense are formed by using the verb
| lāzem 'arūḥ | I must go / I have to go | |
| kān lāzem 'arūḥ | I had to go | |
بِكُونْ لَازِمْ أَرُوح بكون لازم أروح | rαḥ lāzem 'arūḥ bikūn lāzem 'arūḥ | I will have to go |
Verbs🠉
| Past tense | Present tense (b-Imperfect) | |||
| qider | biqdαr | can; be able to | ||