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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

ضَحَّك

to make someone laugh

  • #433 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI make someone laugh
إِنْتَyou make someone laugh (to a man)
إِنْتِyou make someone laugh (to a woman)
هُوَّhe makes someone laugh
هِيَّshe makes someone laugh
إِحْنَاwe make someone laugh
إِنْتُوyou all make someone laugh
هُمَّthey make someone laugh

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmake someone laugh! (to a man)
إِنْتِmake someone laugh! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmake someone laugh! (to several people)

How to use ضَحَّك

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيضَحَّك الكُلّ بِنُكَتُه.

    Karim makes everyone laugh with his jokes.

  2. Past

    الفِيلْم ضَحَّكْنِي مِن أَوَّلُه لِآخْرُه.

    The film made me laugh from start to finish.

  3. Future

    هَاضَحَّكَك بِحِكَايَة حَصَلِت لِي فِي المِتْرُو.

    I will make you laugh with something that happened to me on the metro.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَضَحَّك مَامَا شُوَيَّة, هِيَّ زَعْلاَنَة.

    I want to make Mum laugh a bit, she is upset.

  5. Commands

    ضَحَّكُوا العَرُوسَة شُوَيَّة, هِيَّ مِتْوَتَّرَة.

    Make the bride laugh a bit, she is nervous.

Good to know

  • ضَحَّك is to make someone laugh; to laugh is ضِحِك, and ضِحِك عَلَى, to laugh at someone, also means to fool them.

Where you hear ضَحَّك

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Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • بَضَحَّك القَهْوَة كُلّهَا كُلّ لِيلَة. I make the whole cafe laugh every night.
  • النُّكْتَة ضَحَّكِتْنِي بِجَدّ. The joke really made me laugh.
  • بُكْرَة هَاضَحَّكْكُم بِنُكْتَة أَجْدَد. Tomorrow I'll make you laugh with a newer joke.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.