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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

دَبَّر

to arrange, to manage

  • #466 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَarrange! (to a man)
إِنْتِarrange! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوarrange! (to several people)

How to use دَبَّر

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

  1. Present

    مَامَا بِتْدَبَّر كُلّ حَاجَة فِي البِيت.

    Mum arranges everything in the house.

  2. Past

    دَبَّرْت فُلُوس الإِيجَار فِي آخِر لَحْظَة.

    I got the rent money together at the last minute.

  3. Future

    هَادَبَّر لَك أُوضَة عَنْد الجِيرَان.

    I'll arrange a room for you at the neighbours'.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَدَبَّر تَاكْسِي لِلمَطَار بُكْرَة الصُّبْح.

    I have to arrange a taxi to the airport tomorrow morning.

  5. Commands

    دَبَّر نَفْسَك, يَا كَرِيم, المُرَتَّب بَعْد أُسْبُوع.

    Manage, Karim, the salary comes in a week.

Good to know

  • دَبَّر is to find or arrange what is needed, money most of all: دَبَّرْت الإِيجَار, I got the rent together; رَبِّنَا يِدَبَّر, God will provide.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.