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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

عَالِج

to treat (an illness)

  • #455 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI treat
إِنْتَyou treat (to a man)
إِنْتِyou treat (to a woman)
هُوَّhe treats
هِيَّshe treats
إِحْنَاwe treat
إِنْتُوyou all treat
هُمَّthey treat

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَtreat! (to a man)
إِنْتِtreat! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوtreat! (to several people)

How to use عَالِج

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

  1. Present

    الدُّكْتُور دَه بِيعَالِج العِيَال بَسّ.

    This doctor treats children only.

  2. Past

    الدُّكْتُورَة عَالْجِت تِيتَة مِن الكُحَّة.

    The doctor treated Grandma for the cough.

  3. Future

    هَيْعَالْجُوا رِجْلَك فِي المُسْتَشْفَى بُكْرَة.

    They'll treat your leg at the hospital tomorrow.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِعَالِج البَرْد قَبْل مَا يِكْبَر.

    You have to treat the cold before it gets worse.

  5. Commands

    عَالِج الكُحَّة دِي بِشَاي وِلَمُون.

    Treat that cough with tea and lemon.

Good to know

  • عَالِج is a doctor treating a patient or an illness; a treatment or medicine is عِلاَج.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.