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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

بِعِد

to stay away, to move away

  • #442 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: بَاعِد

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَstay away! (to a man)
إِنْتِstay away! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوstay away! (to several people)

How to use بِعِد

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيِبْعِد عَن المَشَاكِل دَايْماً.

    Karim always keeps out of trouble.

  2. Past

    بِعِدْت عَن صَاحْبِتِي بَعْد الجَامْعَة.

    I drifted away from my friend after university.

  3. Future

    هَنِبْعِد عَن وِسْط البَلَد فِي العِيد.

    We'll stay away from downtown during the feast.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِبْعِد عَن السَّجَايِر, يَا كَرِيم.

    You have to stay away from cigarettes, Karim.

  5. Commands

    اِبْعِد عَن النَّار, يَا وَلَد!

    Keep away from the fire, boy!

Good to know

  • بِعِد goes with عَن: اِبْعِد عَن الشَّرّ, keep away from trouble.

Where you hear بِعِد

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • بَبْعِد عَن الشَّمْس بَعْد الظُّهْر. I stay out of the sun in the afternoon.
  • بِعِدْت عَن الخِنَاقَة وِمِشِيت. I kept away from the quarrel and walked on.
  • هَابْعِد العَرَبِيَّة عَن البَاب. I'll move the car away from the door.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.