In order to form a present tense verb from a past tense verb, it is necessary to know the vowel pointing of the middle letter, which we find from the dictionary (see the previous lesson).

However, sometimes there is a certain relationship between the past tense verb and the vowel pointing of the present tense.

There are six such relationships in total, which will be useful to know

If there is a الفتحة in the past tense, then there may be a الضمة in the present tense.

كَــتَــبَ - يَـكْــتُــبُ

This is another rule about the relationship between past and present tense verb forms in Arabic, similar to the previous one. If there is a الفَتْحَة in the past tense, then there may be a الكَسْرَة in the present tense

جَــلَــسَ - يَـجْــلِــسُ

If the middle or final letter is a guttural letter (ا ء هـ ع غ ح خ), then there is a high probability of the following pattern

ذَهَــبَ - يَــذْهَــبُ

If there is a الكَسْرَة in the past tense, then in the present tense there is almost always a الفَتْحَة.

شَــرِبَ - يَـشْـــرَبُ

If there is a الضَّمَّة in the past tense, then in the present tense there is always a الضَّمَّة

كَــثُـــرَ - يَكْــثُــرُ

A rare verb that can be considered an exception

وَرِثَ - يَــرِثُ

فــعَــل يفــعُــلفــعَــل يفــعِــلفــعَــل يفــعَــلفــعِــل يفــعَــلفــعُــل يفــعُــلفــعِــل يفــعِــل