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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Elementary Arabic Syntax 2 The Jussive Cases of the Aorist Tense When is an aorist tense verb put into the jussive case? An aorist tense verb is put into the jussive case if it is preceded by one of the sixteen jussive prepositions. How many types of jussive prepositions are there? There are two types of jussive prepositions, one that makes one verb jussive and the other that makes two verbs jussive.

How many jussive prepositions are there that make one verb jussive? There are four jussive prepositions that make one verb jussive, for example: • لَم , for example: لَم یَذهَب أحدٌ (Nobody came.) • لَمَّا , for example: تَعَلَّمَ القراءَةَ و لَمَّا یَکتُب (He learned how to read and has not written.) • The imperative lām , for example: لِتَطِب نَفسُکَ (Feel comfortable.) • The prohibition lām , for example: لا تَیاس من رَحمةِ الله (Don't loose hope in Allah's mercy.) How many jussive prepositions are there that make two verbs jussive?

There are twelve jussive prepositions that put two verbs into the jussive state. All of them are conditional.

For example: • إن , for example: إن تَکسل تَخسَر (If you are lazy you will loose.) • إذما , for example: إذما تتعلَّم تتقدَّم (If you learn you will progress.) • مَن , for example: مَن یَطلُب یَجد (Whoever searches will find.) • ما , for example: ما تَفعَل أفعَل (Whatever you do, I will do.) • مَهما , for example: مَهما تأمُر بالخیر أفعَله (Whenever you command something good I will do it.) • أيّ , for example: أيُّ یَجتَهِد یَنجَح (Whoever strives will be successful.) • کَیفَما , for example: کَیفَما تجلس أجلس (However you sit I will sit.) • مَتی , for example: متی تَرجِع نُکرِمک (Whenever you return we will respect you.) • أیَّان , for example: أیَّان تَسألني أجِبکَ (Whenever you ask me I'll answer you.) • أینما , for example: أینما تَذهَب تَنجَح (Wherever you go you will succeed.) • أنَّی , for example: أنَّی یَذهَب صاحبُ العلم یُکرَم (Wherever a scholar goes he will be respected.) • حیثما , for example: حیثما تَسقط تَثبت (Wherever you fall you will remain.) What are the two jussive verbs called?

The first jussive verb is called a conditional verb and the second jussive verb is called a result. Are any of the jussive prepositions considered a noun? All of the jussive prepositions are really nouns except إن and إذما . They are real prepositions. Are all of the jussive prepositions declinable or indeclinable?