Skip to content
fluentbyear

EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

بِرِد

to get cold

  • #246 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: بَارِد

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use بِرِد

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

  1. Present

    الشَّاي بِيِبْرَد بِسُرْعَة فِي الشِّتَا.

    Tea gets cold fast in winter.

  2. Past

    القَهْوَة بِرْدِت وَأَنَا بَكَلِّم كَرِيم.

    The coffee got cold while I was talking to Karim.

  3. Future

    الجَوّ هَيِبْرَد بَعْد المَغْرِب.

    The weather will get cold after sunset.

  4. After want, must and can

    اِشْرَب الشُّورْبَة قَبْل مَا تِبْرَد.

    Drink the soup before it gets cold.

Good to know

  • بِرِد is said of the tea or the weather getting cold; a person who feels cold is بَرْدَان, a woman بَرْدَانَة.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.