have you ever?

·      have you ever...?

1) we can use the word 3mmr (عمّر) to express the english equivalent of the present perfect tense ‘have you ever...?’ we conjugate it as follows:

-   wash 3mmri/ 3mmrni… ?	- have i ever.... ?
-  wash 3mmrk...?	- have you (sing) ever...?
-   wash 3mmru...?	- has he ever ... ?
-   wash 3mmrha...?	- has she ever...?
-  wash 3mmrna...?	- have we ever...?
-  wash 3mmrkum...?	- have you ever...?
-   wash 3mmrhum...?	- have they ever...?

2 )the verb that follows 3mmr is often in the past tense.

-wash 3mmri aditk ?      have i ever hurt you ?

- wash 3mmrk kliti ksksu?  have u ever eaten couscous?

-wash 3mmru tassl biya?     has he ever called me?

-wash 3mmrha safrat l-kharij?   has she ever been abroad?

-wash 3mmrna zurnah ?    have we ever visited him ?

-wash 3mmrkum mshitu l-italya?   have you ever gone to italy ?

- wash 3mmrhum tla9au ?  have they ever met ?

·      I have never... ma+3mmr...

- wash 3mmri aditk ?      have i ever hurt you ?

-ma 3mmri/3mmrni aditk .      i have  never hurt you .

- wash 3mmrk kliti ksksu?  have u ever eaten couscous?

-ma  3mmrk  kliti ksksu.         you have never eaten couscous.

- wash 3mmru tassl biya?     has he ever called me?

-ma 3mmru tassl biya .   he has never called me .

- wash 3mmrha safrat l kharij ?   has she ever been abroad?

-ma 3mmrha safrat l -kharij .   she has never been abroad.

-wash 3mmrkum mshitu l-itaya? have you ever gone to italy ?

-ma 3mmrkum mshitu l-italya    you have never gone to italy..

- wash 3mmrhum tla9au ?  have they ever met ?

-ma 3mmrhum tla9au . they have never met .

*Exercise:

Fill in with appropriate word : 3mmri / 3mmrk/ 3mmru/ 3mmrha/ 3mmrkum/ 3mmrhum/ 3mmrna.

- wash 3mmri aditk?  have i ever hurt you?

                     - ma............... aditini .   you have never hurt me .

- wash......... ta9ti fiya ?  have you ever trusted me ?

                     - ma 3mmri taqt fik.   i have never trusted you .

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