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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

بَصّ

to look

  • #32 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: بَاصِص

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَlook! (to a man)
إِنْتِlook! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوlook! (to several people)

How to use بَصّ

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيبُصّ عَلَى المُوبَايْل طُول اليُوم.

    Karim looks at his phone all day.

  2. Past

    بَصِّيت مِن الشُّبَّاك وِشُفْت النِّيل.

    I looked out of the window and saw the Nile.

  3. Future

    هَنْبُصّ عَلَى الأَهْرَام مِن البَلَكُونَة.

    We'll look at the pyramids from the balcony.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَبُصّ عَلَى الحِسَاب?

    Can I look at the bill?

  5. Commands

    بُصّ, دَه بِيت عَمّ مَحْمُود.

    Look, that's Uncle Mahmoud's house.

Good to know

  • بَصّ عَلَى is to look at something; بُصّ! at the start of a sentence is the Egyptian look, listen.

Where you hear بَصّ

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

  • بَبُصّ عَلَى التَّمَاثِيل كُلّ يُوم. I look at the statues every day.
  • بَصّ عَلَى الشَّبَّاك وِقَال حِلْو. He looked at the window and said it was beautiful.
  • هَنْبُصّ عَلَى السَّطْح بَعْد الشَّاي. We will look at the roof after the tea.

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

  • بَبُصّ عَلَى التَّمَاثِيل كُلّ يُوم. I look at the statues every day.
  • بَصّ عَلَى الشَّبَّاك وِقَال حِلْو. He looked at the window and said it was beautiful.
  • هَنْبُصّ عَلَى السَّطْح بَعْد الشَّاي. We will look at the roof after the tea.

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