Levantine Arabic/Verbs

Tenses Tense Example Usage past tense عمل ʕimel he did /he has done subjunctive يعمل yaʕmel he ... (to) do - after another verb or pseudo-verb- after conjuctions introducing the subjunctive present tense بيعمل byaʕmel he does /he is doing - general facts- habitual or recurring actions- ongoing actions (instead of present progressive)- future actions (instead of future tense) progressive عم يعمل ʕam yaʕmel he is doing - ongoing actions (not for verbs of motion) future tense رح يعمل raḥ yaʕmelحيعمل ḥa-yaʕmel he will do imperative عمول ʕmōl (N)بيعمل 'aʕmel (S) do! Participles Participle Example Usage active participle عامل ʕāmel (is) doing - ongoing actions for verbs of motion- current state for verbs of perception passive participle معمول maʕmūl (is) done - expressing the passive voice Compound tenses Formation Example Usage كان (kān) + past tense كان عمل kān ʕimel he had done كان (kān) + subjuctiveكان (kān) + active participle كان يعمل kān yaʕmelكان عامل kān ʕāmel he used to do /he was doing كان (kān) + progressive كان عم يعمل kān ʕam yaʕmel he was doing كان (kān) + future tense كان رح يعمل kān raḥ yaʕmel he was going to do