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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فَرَض

to suppose

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  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: فَارِض

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَsuppose! (to a man)
إِنْتِsuppose! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوsuppose! (to several people)

How to use فَرَض

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

  1. Present

    بَافْرِض إِنّ القَطْر هَيِتْأَخَّر.

    I suppose the train will be late.

  2. Past

    فَرَضْت إِنَّك نَايِم, فَمَكَلِّمْتَكْش.

    I supposed you were asleep, so I didn't call you.

  3. Future

    هَافْرِض إِنّ كَرِيم مُوَافِق.

    I'll suppose Karim agrees.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن نِفْرِض إِنّ الجَوّ هَيِبْقَى حِلْو.

    We can suppose the weather will be nice.

  5. Commands

    اِفْرِض إِنّ المَتْحَف قَافِل, نِعْمِل إِيه?

    Suppose the museum is closed, what do we do?

Good to know

  • اِفْرِض إِنّ, "suppose that", opens a what-if; مَفْرُوض is "supposed to".

Where you hear فَرَض

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • بَافْرِض إِنّ القَاعَة مَحْجُوزَة. I suppose the hall is booked.
  • فَرَضْت إِنّ الدُّنْيَا هَتْمَطَّر. I supposed it would rain.
  • هَافْرِض إِنّ تِيتَة هَتِيجِي. I'll suppose Grandma is coming.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.