How do you turn someone who simply lies into a relentless, habitual liar (كَذَّاب)? You trigger the Arabic intensive form. The rules of صِيغَةُ المُبَالَغَةِ baffle many students, but beneath the apparent chaos lies a brilliant, centuries-old system.
The post The Mechanics of the Arabic Intensive Form: Cracking صِيغَةُ المُبَالَغَةِ first appeared on Arabic for Nerds and is written by Gerald Drißner.
