Arabic-L:LING:Future Tense Response

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1) Subject: Future Tense Response

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Date: 14 Mar 2000
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Future Tense Response

In the most general manner, the future is referred to by preceding the
imperfective verb with either the prefix 'sa'  or the word 'sawfa'.

Another way to refer to the future is use a conditional particle,
such as '?idha' and follow it by a perfective verb.

Waheed Samy
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