9/12.6 - Form V. تَفَعُّلًا tafa’u-lan
Section 12.6 - Form V. تَفَعُّلًا tafa’u-lan Form 4 is called تَفَعُّلًا ( tafa’u-lan ) . Past tense of this form is تَفَعَّلَ ( ta-fa’-ala ) and imperfect tense is يَتَفَعَّلُ ( ya-ta-fa’-alu ) and its source ( Masdar ) is تَفَعُّلًا tafa’u-lan . The benefit of this form is that it also changes the meaning of the Verb from normal action to that of an action with effort/preparation for the purpose of getting something for yourself. For example, عَلِمَ a-li-ma to تَعَلَّمَ ta’al-la-ma . عَلِمَ ali-ma means to know . When changed to تَعَلَّمَ , ta-al-la-ma it means to learn.
