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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

قَضَّى

to spend (time)

  • #471 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَspend! (to a man)
إِنْتِspend! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوspend! (to several people)

How to use قَضَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَقَضِّي الأَجَازَة فِي إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة كُلّ سَنَة.

    I spend the holiday in Alexandria every year.

  2. Past

    قَضِّينَا يُوم حِلْو عَلَى البَحْر.

    We spent a lovely day at the sea.

  3. Future

    هَاقَضِّي يُومِين عَنْد تِيتَة فِي الصَّعِيد.

    I'll spend two days at Grandma's in Upper Egypt.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَقَضِّي اللِّيلَة فِي البِيت.

    I want to spend the evening at home.

  5. Commands

    قَضِّي يُوم مَعَ العِيلَة, يَا سَلْمَى.

    Spend a day with the family, Salma.

Good to know

  • قَضَّى is for time only, قَضِّينَا يُوم حِلْو; money is spent with صَرَف.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.