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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

قَبَض

to get paid, to arrest

  • #285 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: قَابِض

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget paid! (to a man)
إِنْتِget paid! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget paid! (to several people)

How to use قَبَض

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

  1. Present

    بَقْبَض المُرَتَّب يُوم خَمْسَة فِي الشَّهْر.

    I get paid on the fifth of the month.

  2. Past

    قَبَضْت إِمْبَارِح وِدَفَعْت الإِيجَار عَلَى طُول.

    I got paid yesterday and paid the rent straight away.

  3. Future

    هَاقْبَض الأُسْبُوع الجَايّ وَأَرُدّ لَك الفُلُوس.

    I'll get paid next week and give you back the money.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَقْبَض الأَوِّل قَبْل مَا أَشْتِرِي حَاجَة.

    I have to get paid first before I buy anything.

  5. Commands

    اِقْبَض فُلُوسَك مِن المُحَاسِب الأَوِّل.

    Collect your money from the accountant first.

Good to know

  • قَبَض is to get paid, قَبَضْت المُرَتَّب; قَبَض عَلَى is what the police do, to arrest someone.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.