Morphological Forms of the Verb in English and

Morphological Forms of the Verb in English and Arabic

There are three types of verbs in English: 1. lexical (full, main) verb, 2. primary auxiliary verb (BE, HAVE, DO) 3. modal auxiliary verb (WILL, MAY, CAN, etc. )

Morphologically, lexical verbs are divided into two classes: regular and irregular

HOW MANY MORPHOLOGICAL FORMS ARE THERE FOR REGULAR VERBS

Regular verbs have four morphological forms

What are the morphological Forms of the verb (play)?

(l) Base form play (2) -s form plays (3) -ing participle playing (4) -ed past played (5) -ed participle played

HOW MANY MORPHOLOGICAL FORMS ARE THERE FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

Irregular verbs have either five or three forms

(l) Base form write (2) -s form writes (3) -ing participle writing (4) -ed past wrote (5) -ed participle written

(l) Base form (2) -s form puts (3) -ing participle putting (4) -ed past put (5) -ed participle put

Morphological Forms of the Verb in Arabic 1. Arabic has a root and pattern morphology. 2. Each verb has a specific semantic unit (root) shared by all its derivatives.

3. Verbs are either "basic" mujarrada ﻣﺠﺮﺩﺓ or "derived" maziida ﻣﺰﻳﺪﺓ 4. The majority of Arabic basic verb roots are triconsonantal.

Triconsonantal verbs are of three types, depending on the second vowel of the perfect:

However, some roots are quadriliteral, e. g. , DAḤRAJA ﺩﺣﺮﺝ , WASWASA ﻭﺳﻮ