How do you conjugate "qala" (he said)?
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The questioner : Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The verb that ... qala ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this?
The questioner : ... aqim
The Shaykh : Qama, we do not say aqim.
The questioner : He ...
The Shaykh : Okay, let us bring an example other than this. How do you say in qala?
The questioner : Qila.
The Shaykh : Qila. Okay, so we say in qama, qima, like this.
The questioner : You did not follow the rule.
The Shaykh : Ah, you did not follow the rule. This has a conjugation defect. Its original form is qila, its root is qawl, and then it acquired a conjugation defect. It acquired a conjugation defect. But for the trilateral verb, the rule for a trilateral verb with a defect is to put it on the pattern of the verb. So we say in qala, qila; in ba'a, bi'a; in qama, qima; and so on. It is also permissible to build it on the original form, with the first letter of the verb having a damma, and the letter after the damma, which is the waw, is changed. So we say qawl, qawl, like this and like that. Yes, and we say qawm, and we say bu'a instead of bi'a. From this is the saying of the poet:
"If only, and does it benefit anything, if only *** if only youth, bu'a, and I bought it"
He intended to say bi'a, but his dialect says bu'a.
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The verb that ... qala ...
The Shaykh : Yes, and what do you say about this?
The questioner : ... aqim
The Shaykh : Qama, we do not say aqim.
The questioner : He ...
The Shaykh : Okay, let us bring an example other than this. How do you say in qala?
The questioner : Qila.
The Shaykh : Qila. Okay, so we say in qama, qima, like this.
The questioner : You did not follow the rule.
The Shaykh : Ah, you did not follow the rule. This has a conjugation defect. Its original form is qila, its root is qawl, and then it acquired a conjugation defect. It acquired a conjugation defect. But for the trilateral verb, the rule for a trilateral verb with a defect is to put it on the pattern of the verb. So we say in qala, qila; in ba'a, bi'a; in qama, qima; and so on. It is also permissible to build it on the original form, with the first letter of the verb having a damma, and the letter after the damma, which is the waw, is changed. So we say qawl, qawl, like this and like that. Yes, and we say qawm, and we say bu'a instead of bi'a. From this is the saying of the poet:
"If only, and does it benefit anything, if only *** if only youth, bu'a, and I bought it"
He intended to say bi'a, but his dialect says bu'a.