Imperative

Imperative Form in Arabic (الأمر) #

Rules for Regular Verbs #

Middle letter with fatḥa (ـَـ) or kasra (ـِـ) → Imperative starts with إِ
Middle letter with ḍamma (ـُـ) → Imperative starts with أُ

Examples:

Verb (Past)	Present (You masc.)	Imperative (You masc.)	Notes
كَتَبَ	أَنتَ تَكْتُبُ	أُكْتُبْ	ḍamma → أُ
جَلَسَ	أَنتَ تَجْلِسُ	إِجْلِسْ	kasra → إِ
قَرَأَ	أَنتَ تَقْرَأُ	إِقْرَأْ	fatḥa → إِ
رَكِبَ	أَنتَ تَرْكَبُ	إِرْكَبْ	fatḥa → إِ

Plural Forms of رَكِبَ:

إِرْكَبِي (feminine singular)
إِرْكَبُوا (masculine plural)
إِرْكَبْنَ (feminine plural)

Additional Notes on Verb Forms #

Form I: أفعلَ #

Past	Imperative
أَسْلَمَ	أَسْلِمْ
أَخْرَجَ	أَخْرِجْ

Form V: تَفَعَّلَ #

Past	Imperative
تَكَلَّمَ	تَكَلَّمْ
تَحَدَّثَ	تَحَدَّثْ

Form VI: تَفَاعَلَ #

Past	Imperative
تَشَاجَرَ	تَشَاجَرْ

Assimilated Verbs (with weak first radical) #

Past	Present (He)	Imperative
وَقَفَ	يَقِفُ	قِفْ
وَهَبَ	يَهَبُ	هَبْ
وَعَدَ	يَعِدُ	عِدْ

Examples:

عِدْنِي – Promise me

Hollow Verbs (with weak middle radical) #

Past	Present (He)	Imperative (You masc.)
قَالَ	يَقُولُ	قُلْ
بَاعَ	يَبِيعُ	بِعْ
جَاءَ	يَجِيءُ	جِئْ
عَادَ	يَعُودُ	عُدْ
زَارَ	يَزُورُ	زُرْ

Plural Forms of زَارَ:

زُورِي (feminine singular)
زُورُوا (masculine plural)
زُرْنَ (feminine plural)

Additional Examples #

Verb	Imperative	Notes
فَتَحَ	إِفْتَحْ	Open
طَبَخَ	أُطْبُخْ	Cook
فَعَلَ	إِفْعَلْ	Middle letter has fatḥa → إِ
خَرَجَ	أُخْرُجْ	Middle letter has ḍamma → أُ
دَخَلَ	أُدْخُلْ

Courtesy Phrases #

مِنْ فَضْلِك – Please
تَفَضَّل – Go ahead
أَرْجُوك – I request you

Vocabulary Extensions #

Root	Derivations
فَتَحَ	مَفْتُوح – Open
	مِفْتَاح – Key
	فَاتِح – The one who opens
	الفاتِحَة – Sūrat al-Fātiḥa
عَاذَ	أَعُوذُ – I seek refuge
	عُذْ – Seek refuge (imperative)

⚠️ Remember: To form the imperative, look at the vowel on the middle root letter in the present tense (he form):
fatḥa or kasra → start with إِ
ḍamma → start with أُ