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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

عَدَّى

to pass, to cross

  • #134 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَpass! (to a man)
إِنْتِpass! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوpass! (to several people)

How to use عَدَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَعَدِّي الشَّارِع مِن عِنْد الإِشَارَة.

    I cross the street at the traffic light.

  2. Past

    عَدِّيت عَلَى عَمّ مَحْمُود فِي القَهْوَة.

    I dropped by Uncle Mahmoud at the coffee house.

  3. Future

    السَّنَة هَتِعَدِّي بِسُرْعَة مَعَ البِيبِي.

    The year will pass quickly with the baby.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَعَدِّي عَلِيكُو بَعْد الشُّغْل?

    Can I drop by you after work?

  5. Commands

    عَدِّي مِن هِنَا, العَرَبِيَّات وَاقْفَة.

    Cross here, the cars are stopped.

Good to know

  • عَدَّى الشَّارِع is to cross the street, عَدَّى عَلَى is to drop by someone, and الوَقْت عَدَّى, the time passed.

Where you hear عَدَّى

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • بَعَدِّي عَلَى تِيتَة كُلّ جُمْعَة. I drop by Grandma's every Friday.
  • عَدِّينَا طَنْطَا مِن عَشَر دَقَايِق. We passed Tanta ten minutes ago.
  • هَنْعَدِّي الشَّارِع مَعَ البِيبِي. We'll cross the street with the baby.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • بَعَدِّي عَلَى تِيتَة كُلّ جُمْعَة. I drop by Grandma's every Friday.
  • عَدِّينَا طَنْطَا مِن عَشَر دَقَايِق. We passed Tanta ten minutes ago.
  • هَنْعَدِّي الشَّارِع مَعَ البِيبِي. We'll cross the street with the baby.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.