Editing Subjunctive mood (section)

===Arabic===
In [[Classical Arabic]], the verb in its [[imperfect]] aspect (''al-muḍāri‘'') has a subjunctive form called the ''manṣūb'' form ({{lang|ar|منصوب}}). It is distinct from the imperfect indicative in most of its forms: where the indicative has "-u", the subjunctive has "-a"; and where the indicative has "-na" or "-ni", the subjunctive has nothing at all. (The "-na" ending in the second and third-person plural feminine is different: it marks the gender and number, not the mood, and therefore it is there in both the indicative and subjunctive.)
* Indicative third singular masc. ''yaktubu'' "he writes / is writing / will write" → Subjunctive ''yaktuba'' "he may / should write"
* Indicative third plural masc. ''yaktubūna'' "they write" → Subjunctive ''yaktubū'' "they may write"
* Indicative third plural fem. ''yaktubna'' "they write" = Subjunctive ''yaktubna'' "they may write"

The subjunctive is used in ''that''-clauses, after Arabic ''an'': ''urīdu an aktuba'' "I want to write." However, in conditional and precative sentences, such as "if he goes" or "let him go", a different mood of the imperfect aspect, [[Jussive mood#Arabic|the jussive]], ''majzūm'', is used.

In many spoken Arabic dialects, there remains a distinction between indicative and subjunctive; however, it is not through a suffix but rather a prefix.

In [[Levantine Arabic]], the indicative has ''b-'' while the subjunctive lacks it:
* third sing. masc. ''huwwe byuktob'' "he writes / is writing / will write", versus ''yuktob'' "he may / should write"
* third plural masc. ''homme byukotbu'', versus ''yukotbu''

[[Egyptian Arabic]] uses a simple construction that precedes the conjugated verbs with (''law'' "if") or (''momken'' "may"); the following are some examples:
* (Law/Momken enti tektebi. "If /Maybe you write") (s.f)
* (Law/Momken enti katabti. "If /Maybe you wrote") (s.f)
* (Law/Momken enti konti tektebi."If /Maybe you would write") (s.f)
* (Law/Momken enti ḥatektebi. "If /Maybe you will write") (s.f)

[[Tunisian Arabic]] often precedes the imperfective indicative verb by various conjunctions to create the subjunctive:

'''Ma''':
*Mē ʕandak '''ma''' tekteb. You have nothing '''to''' write
Literally: not at.you '''subj_tool''' you_write

'''Ken''' for wish, hope or opinion:
*Netmanna, '''ken''' nʃūfak nējeħ nhār. I wish i'd see you successful one day: ''Wish''
*'''Ken''' yeʃlēqu. (I) hope they find out: ''Hope''
*(Men rayi,) '''Ken''' temʃi tertēħ. (In my opinion,) It's better [for your health] to relax: ''Opinion''

'''Taw''' for a highly expected possibility:
*Abqa hne, '''taw''' toxles. Stay here (and) you will/could get paid

'''Ra''' for inevitability but it's, in most cases, accompanied with "ken" in the other clause:
*Ken tkūn ðˤʕīf, '''rak''' bēʃ tetʕeb fe ħyētak. Once you get weak, you'll suffer in life