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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَاسِب

to pay the bill, to settle up

  • #282 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI pay the bill
إِنْتَyou pay the bill (to a man)
إِنْتِyou pay the bill (to a woman)
هُوَّhe pays the bill
هِيَّshe pays the bill
إِحْنَاwe pay the bill
إِنْتُوyou all pay the bill
هُمَّthey pay the bill

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَpay the bill! (to a man)
إِنْتِpay the bill! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوpay the bill! (to several people)

How to use حَاسِب

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

  1. Present

    بَحَاسِب أَنَا لَمَّا نِخْرُج مَعَ تِيتَة.

    I pay when we go out with Grandma.

  2. Past

    حَاسِبْت عَلَى الغَدَا وِمِشِينَا.

    I settled up for lunch and we left.

  3. Future

    هَاحَاسِب أَنَا المَرَّة دِي, يَا لِيُو.

    I'll get the bill this time, Leo.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَحَاسِب لَوْ سَمَحْت, يَا سَيِّد.

    I'd like to pay the bill please, Sayed.

  5. Commands

    حَاسِب إِنْتَ وَأَنَا هَادْفَع التَّاكْسِي.

    You pay the bill and I'll pay for the taxi.

Good to know

  • حَاسِب! on its own means watch out, careful; حَاسِب عَلَى is to settle up for something, and the bill is الحِسَاب.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.