A contrastive study of Past Tense Charts in English and Arabic in Holy Texts

Abstract

This study presents a special kind of format which reveals the changes that occur when Arabic expresses the various English structures. As certain time/tense/mood combinations do not appear in all forms, some charts will lack one or more of the four structures. Included are: past, present, and future time; past and present tense; perfective and progressive aspect; indicative, subjunctive, and jussive mood. Most Arabic grammar texts include complete imperative mood forms, thus obviating the need to repeat them more as though this data makes an explicit application for charts through presenting it in Arabic and English texts.The charts follow a four-sentence format based on the assertive quality of the verb phrase