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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

قَدَّر

to appreciate, to estimate

  • #321 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَappreciate! (to a man)
إِنْتِappreciate! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوappreciate! (to several people)

How to use قَدَّر

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

  1. Present

    بَقَدَّر تَعَبَك مَعَانَا, يَا كَرِيم.

    I appreciate your effort for us, Karim.

  2. Past

    عَمّ مَحْمُود قَدَّر السِّعْر بِمِيت جِنِيه.

    Uncle Mahmoud estimated the price at a hundred pounds.

  3. Future

    تِيتَة هَتْقَدَّر الهِدِيَّة دِي كِتِير.

    Grandma will appreciate this gift a lot.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِقَدَّر اللِّي بِيِعْمِلُه بَابَاك.

    You have to appreciate what your dad does.

  5. Commands

    قَدَّر ظُرُوفِي, الشُّغْل زَحْمَة الأُسْبُوع دَه.

    Understand my situation, work is hectic this week.

Good to know

  • بَقَدَّر دَه, I appreciate that, thanks a kind act; قَدَّر ظُرُوفِي, appreciate my circumstances, asks for understanding.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.