Imperative Tense

Imperative Tense

A tense that shows command and request

How imperative is formed from Present Tense:

 يُجَاهِدُ  will be changed to  جَاهِدْ (struggle hard)

1.  Changes:

(i) Pronominal prefix is omitted i.e ي
(ii) Final dammah is changed to sukon
(iii) After dropping pronominal prefix if the word start with sakin letter hamzahtul wasil is prefixed to the verb e.g يخْرُجُ ===> اُخْرُجْ
This hamza will take dammah if the second radical of the verb has dammah otherwise it takes kasrah . The second radical of  يخْرُجُ =  خْرُجُ + ي (here رُ) has dammah so hamzah will also take dammah.

Rules:

1. Pronominal prefix is omitted i.e ي
2. Final dammah is changed to sukon
3. After dropping pronominal prefix if the word start with sakin letter hamzahtul wasil is prefixed to the verb.
4. This hamza will take dammah if the second radical of the verb has dammah otherwise it takes kasrah .

Other Forms:

Write (you singular male) = Uktub = اُكْتُبْ  Write (you singular female) = Uktubi = اُكْتُبِي  Write (you two male/female) = Uktuba = اُكْتُبَاWrite (you plural male) = Uktubu =  اُكْتُبُوا Write (you plural female) = Uktubna = اُكْتُبْنَ