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Verb meanings
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BE A HUNTER
BEAT
BE DRY
BE HUNGRY
BE SAD
BLINK
BOIL
BREAK
BRING
BUILD
BURN
CARRY
CLIMB
COOK
COUGH
COVER
CUT
DIE
DIG
DRESS
EAT
FEAR
FEEL COLD
FEEL PAIN
FILL
FOLLOW
FRIGHTEN
GIVE
GO
GRIND
HEAR
HELP
HIDE
HIT
HUG
JUMP
KILL
KNOW
LAUGH
LEAVE
LIKE
LIVE
LOAD
LOOK AT
MEET
NAME
PEEL
PLAY
POUR
PUSH
PUT
RAIN
ROLL
RUN
SAY
SCREAM
SEARCH FOR
SEE
SEND
SHAVE (a body part/person)
SHOUT AT
SHOW
SING
SINK
SIT
SIT DOWN
SMELL
STEAL
TAKE
TALK
TEACH
TEAR
TELL
THINK
THROW
TIE
TOUCH
WASH
WIPE
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Modern Standard Arabic
Verb forms
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saʾala
BE A HUNTER
ṣayyādun
BEAT
ḍaraba
BE DRY
ǧāffun
BE HUNGRY
ǧāʾiʿun
BE SAD
ḥazīnun
BLINK
ramaša
BOIL
ġalâ
BREAK
kasara
BRING
ʾaḥḍara
BUILD
banâ
BURN
iḥtaraqa
CARRY
ḥamala
CLIMB
tasallaqa
COOK
ṭabaḫa
COUGH
saʿala
COVER
ġaṭṭā
CUT
qaṭaʿa
DIE
māta
DIG
ḥafara, nabaša
DRESS
ʾalbasa
EAT
ʾakala
FEAR
ḫāfa
FEEL COLD
šaʿara bilbardi
FEEL PAIN
taʾallama
FILL
malaʾa
FOLLOW
tabiʿa
FRIGHTEN
ḫawwafa, ʾaḫāfa
GIVE
ʾaʿṭâ
GO
d̠ahaba
GRIND
ṭaḥana
HEAR
samiʿa
HELP
sāʿada
HIDE
ʾaḫfâ
HIT
ḍaraba, laṭama
HUG
ʿānaqa
JUMP
qafaza
KILL
qatala
KNOW
ʿalima, ʿarifa
LAUGH
ḍaḥika
LEAVE
ġādara (1), ġādara (2)
LIKE
ʾaḥabba
LIVE
ʿāša
LOAD
ḥammala, šaḥana
LOOK AT
naẓara
MEET
laqiya
NAME
sammâ
PEEL
qaššara
PLAY
laʿaba
POUR
ṣabba
PUSH
daḥara
PUT
waḍaʿa
RAIN
ʾamṭarat
ROLL
tadaḥraǧa
RUN
ǧarâ
SAY
qāla
SCREAM
ṣaraḫa, ṣāḥa
SEARCH FOR
baḥat̠a
SEE
raʾâ
SEND
ʾarsala
SHAVE (a body part/person)
ḥalaqa
SHOUT AT
ṣāḥa
SHOW
ʾarâ
SING
ġannâ
SINK
ġariqa
SIT
ǧalasa
SIT DOWN
ǧalasa
SMELL
šamma
STEAL
saraqa
TAKE
ʾaḫad̠a
TALK
takallama
TEACH
ʿallama
TEAR
nazaʿa
TELL
ḥakâ
THINK
fakkara
THROW
ramâ
TIE
rabaṭa
TOUCH
lamasa
WASH
ġasala
WIPE
masaḥa
Coding frames
Coding sets
Alternations
Examples
Coding set
V.subj NP-nom
of
Modern Standard Arabic
Coding frame
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc (bi+3)
V.subj[1] 1-nom ʾilâ+2
V.subj[1] 1-nom ʿan+2
V.subj[1] 1-nom li+2 UTT3
V.subj[1] 1-nom (li+2) 3-acc
V.subj[1] 1-nom
V.subj[1] 1-nom (2-acc) 3-acc
V.subj[1] 1-nom (ʿalâ+2)
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc ʿalâ+3
V.subj[1] 1-nom fī+2
V.subj[1] 1-nom maʿa+2 ʿan+3
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc (min+3)
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc (ʾilâ+3)
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc 3-acc
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc LOC3
V.subj[1] 1-nom min+2
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc (ʿan+3)
V.subj[1] 1-nom ʿalâ+2 min+3
V.subj[1] 1-nom 2-acc (ʾilâ+3) (bi+4)
V.subj[1] 1-nom (LOC2)