عِلْمُ الصَّرْف (Arabic Morphology) - Lesson: 4 - Passive Past Tense (اَلْفِعْل اَلْمَاضِی اَلْمَجْهُول)

بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم

Passive voice is when the doer/subject is not present. In passive voice, first letter of a word becomes dhammah, second last letter becomes kasrah and last letter remain unchanged. Based on our pattern, the word "فَعَلَ" will become "فُعِلَ".

Active/Passive Voice Negation:

Placing the word "مَا" before active and passive voice negate the past tense verb. For eg. "فَعَلَ" becomes "مَا فَعَلَ" and "فُعِلَ" becomes "مَا فُعِلَ".

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