Eat, take and ask politely

Two roots with hamza

أكل and أخذ are hamzated verbs, not weak-root verbs. Learn the selected forms; do not derive them using the earlier sound-past model alone.

Eat: explicit forms

He ate أَكَلَ; I ate أَكَلْتُ; he eats يَأْكُلُ; I eat آكُلُ; we eat نَأْكُلُ. Commands: كُلْ (one male), كُلِي (one female). The I form begins with آ, alif madda; the command drops the root hamza.

آكُلُ / كُلْ / كُلِي

ākulu / kul / kulī

Take: explicit forms

He took أَخَذَ; I took أَخَذْتُ; he takes يَأْخُذُ; I take آخُذُ; we take نَأْخُذُ. Commands: خُذْ (one male), خُذِي (one female). These short commands are lexical exceptions, not a rule for every hamzated root.

آخُذُ / خُذْ / خُذِي

Food and a small request

خبز bread; ماء water; تفّاحة an apple. Read: أنا آكل خبزًا في الصباح. عندي ماء. هذه تفّاحة. A request to one woman is خُذِي مِنْ فَضْلِكِ, take, please. No object is needed when it is clear from context.

أنا آكل خبزًا في الصباح

I eat bread in the morning.