Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The moody present tense

The Moody Present Tense. Present tense verbs are said to be in the Indicative Mood. However, verbs which express hope, desire, purpose, like, dislike, doubt, fear, uncertainty, obligations, etc., change their mood from the regular Indicative to the Subjunctive. That also requires that they should follow one of the Subjunctive particles, such as    .   لکي ، کيلا ، لـِ ، أن ، لـَن ، حتـَّی ، کي  Note the purpose expressed in the following sentence:

ذهبتُ إلی المکتبَةِ لأدرُسَ هُناكَ .

I went to the library so that I would study there.

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