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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

قَوِّم

to raise someone up; said of God, to bring someone safely through an illness or a birth

  • #481 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI raise someone up
إِنْتَyou raise someone up (to a man)
إِنْتِyou raise someone up (to a woman)
هُوَّhe raises someone up
هِيَّshe raises someone up
إِحْنَاwe raise someone up
إِنْتُوyou all raise someone up
هُمَّthey raise someone up

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَraise someone up! (to a man)
إِنْتِraise someone up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوraise someone up! (to several people)

How to use قَوِّم

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

  1. Present

    رَبِّنَا بِيِقَوِّم كُلّ عَيَّان بِالسَّلاَمَة.

    God brings every sick person safely through.

  2. Past

    رَبِّنَا قَوِّم عَمّ مَحْمُود بِالسَّلاَمَة.

    God brought Uncle Mahmoud safely through.

  3. Future

    رَبِّنَا هَيِقَوِّمْنِي بِالسَّلاَمَة, إِن شَاء الله.

    God will bring me safely through, God willing.

  4. After want, must and can

    رَبِّنَا يِقَوِّمَك بِالسَّلاَمَة, يَا عَمّ مَحْمُود.

    May God bring you safely through, Uncle Mahmoud.

  5. Commands

    قَوِّم كَرِيم مِن النُّوم, السَّاعَة سَبْعَة.

    Get Karim up out of bed, it's seven.

Good to know

  • رَبِّنَا يِقَوِّمَك بِالسَّلاَمَة is what you say to someone who is ill or about to give birth.
  • In its plain sense, قَوِّم is to get someone up on their feet or out of bed.

Where you hear قَوِّم

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • رَبِّنَا بِيقَوِّم العَيَّان بِالسَّلاَمَة. God raises the sick up safely.
  • رَبِّنَا قَوِّمْهَا بِالسَّلاَمَة بَعْد العَمَلِيَّة. God brought her safely through the operation.
  • رَبِّنَا هَيِقَوِّمَك بِالسَّلاَمَة يَا اِبْنِي. God will raise you up safely, my son.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.