Lesson 62 · وَصَلَ
Verbs that begin with و: وَصَلَ يَصِلُ
Some verbs have و as their first root letter. The past is regular: وَصَلَ (he arrived). In the present the و usually disappears: يَصِلُ (he arrives), أَصِلُ (I arrive). Grammarians call these verbs الْمِثَالُ.
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Examples
وَصَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَطَارِwaṣaltu ila l-maṭaariI arrived at the airport.
مَتَى تَصِلُ الطَّائِرَةُ؟mataa taṣilu ṭ-ṭaa’iratu?When does the plane arrive?
وَجَدْتُ الْمِفْتَاحَwajadtu l-miftaaḥaI found the key.
لَا أَجِدُ قَلَمِيlaa ajidu qalamiiI can’t find my pen.
ضَعِ الْكِتَابَ عَلَى الْمَكْتَبِḍaʿi l-kitaaba ʿala l-maktabiPut the book on the desk.
قِفْ هُنَاqif hunaaStop here.
Key points
- Common ones: وَصَلَ يَصِلُ arrive · وَجَدَ يَجِدُ find · وَقَفَ يَقِفُ stand, stop · وَضَعَ يَضَعُ put · وَعَدَ يَعِدُ promise.
- Commands are very short: قِفْ (stop!), ضَعْ (put!). The stop signs on Saudi roads say قِفْ.
- The و stays in the past and in nouns from the same root: وَصَلْتُ (I arrived) · مَوْعِدٌ (appointment, from وَعَدَ) · مَوْقِفٌ (car park, stop, from وَقَفَ) · وُصُولٌ (arrival).
Practice
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Say “I promise you.” (وَعَدَ)
أَعِدُكَ aʿiduka
Say “We arrived yesterday.”
وَصَلْنَا أَمْسِ waṣalnaa amsi
Tell a man “Put the pen in the bag.”
ضَعِ الْقَلَمَ فِي الْحَقِيبَةِ ḍaʿi l-qalama fil-ḥaqiibati