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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

جَمَع

to collect, to gather, to add up

  • #460 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: جَامِع

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَcollect! (to a man)
إِنْتِcollect! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوcollect! (to several people)

How to use جَمَع

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

  1. Present

    بَجْمَع فُلُوس كُلّ شَهْر عَشَان السَّفَر.

    I put money aside every month for travelling.

  2. Past

    تِيتَة جَمَعِت العِيلَة كُلَّهَا يُوم الجُمْعَة.

    Grandma gathered the whole family on Friday.

  3. Future

    هَاجْمَع الأَرْقَام وِأَقُول لَك المَجْمُوع.

    I'll add up the numbers and tell you the total.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِجْمَع الصُّوَر فِي أَلْبُوم وَاحِد.

    We have to collect the photos in one album.

  5. Commands

    اِجْمَع الوَرَق مِن عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة, يَا كَرِيم.

    Gather the papers off the table, Karim.

Good to know

  • جَمَع is to gather people or things and to add numbers up; the total is المَجْمُوع.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.