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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

قَعَّد

to make someone stay, to seat

  • #66 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI make someone stay
إِنْتَyou make someone stay (to a man)
إِنْتِyou make someone stay (to a woman)
هُوَّhe makes someone stay
هِيَّshe makes someone stay
إِحْنَاwe make someone stay
إِنْتُوyou all make someone stay
هُمَّthey make someone stay

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI made someone stay
إِنْتَyou made someone stay (to a man)
إِنْتِyou made someone stay (to a woman)
هُوَّhe made someone stay
هِيَّshe made someone stay
إِحْنَاwe made someone stay
إِنْتُوyou all made someone stay
هُمَّthey made someone stay

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will make someone stay
إِنْتَyou will make someone stay (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will make someone stay (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will make someone stay
هِيَّshe will make someone stay
إِحْنَاwe will make someone stay
إِنْتُوyou all will make someone stay
هُمَّthey will make someone stay

After want, must and can

المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَا(that) I make someone stay
إِنْتَ(that) you make someone stay (to a man)
إِنْتِ(that) you make someone stay (to a woman)
هُوَّ(that) he makes someone stay
هِيَّ(that) she makes someone stay
إِحْنَا(that) we make someone stay
إِنْتُو(that) you all make someone stay
هُمَّ(that) they make someone stay

Commands

الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmake someone stay! (to a man)
إِنْتِmake someone stay! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmake someone stay! (to several people)

How to use قَعَّد

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    المُدِير بِيِقَعَّدْنَا لِحَدّ سَبْعَة.

    The boss keeps us till seven.

  2. Past

    عَمّ مَحْمُود قَعَّدْنِي جَنْبُه.

    Uncle Mahmoud sat me next to him.

  3. Future

    هَاقَعَّد الضُّيُوف فِي الصَّالَة.

    I'll seat the guests in the living room.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَقَعَّد تِيتَة فِي مَكَان هَادِي.

    I want to seat Grandma somewhere quiet.

  5. Commands

    قَعَّد الأَوْلاَد عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة.

    Sit the kids at the table.

Good to know

  • It is قَعَد, to sit, made to act on someone: قَعَّدْنِي, he kept me sitting there.

Where you hear قَعَّد

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بِيقَعَّدْنِي فِي الشُّغْل لِحَدّ تَمَانْيَة. He keeps me at work till eight.
  • أُسْتَاذ فَتْحِي قَعَّدْنِي. Mr. Fathi kept me.
  • هَاقَعَّدَك جَنْبِي. I'll seat you next to me.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.