Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI cheat | ||
| إِنْتَyou cheat (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou cheat (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cheats | ||
| هِيَّshe cheats | ||
| إِحْنَاwe cheat | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all cheat | ||
| هُمَّthey cheat |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
غَشّ
to cheat
- #302 most used
- Irregular verb
- Active participle: غَاشِش
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI cheated | ||
| إِنْتَyou cheated (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou cheated (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cheated | ||
| هِيَّshe cheated | ||
| إِحْنَاwe cheated | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all cheated | ||
| هُمَّthey cheated |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will cheat | ||
| إِنْتَyou will cheat (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will cheat (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will cheat | ||
| هِيَّshe will cheat | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will cheat | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will cheat | ||
| هُمَّthey will cheat |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I cheat | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you cheat (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you cheat (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he cheats | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she cheats | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we cheat | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all cheat | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they cheat |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcheat! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcheat! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcheat! (to several people) |
How to use غَشّ
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
البَيَّاع دَه بِيغِشّ فِي المِيزَان.
This vendor cheats on the scales.
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Past
سَيِّد غَشّ فِي اِمْتِحَان الحِسَاب.
Sayed cheated in the maths exam.
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Future
مِش هَاغِشّ, هَادْرِس كْوَيِّس.
I won't cheat, I'll study well.
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After want, must and can
مِش مُمْكِن أَغِشّ فِي الاِمْتِحَان.
I can't possibly cheat in the exam.
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Commands
مَتْغِشِّش, يَا سَيِّد, اِعْتِمِد عَلَى نَفْسَك.
Don't cheat, Sayed, rely on yourself.
Good to know
- غَشّ فِي الاِمْتِحَان is to cheat in an exam; a shopkeeper who غَشَّك cheated you, sold you a fake.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.