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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَضَر

to attend, to be present

  • #411 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: حَاضِر

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَattend! (to a man)
إِنْتِattend! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوattend! (to several people)

How to use حَضَر

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

  1. Present

    بَحْضَر دَرْس عَرَبِي مَرَّتِين فِي الأُسْبُوع.

    I attend an Arabic class twice a week.

  2. Past

    حَضَرْت الاِجْتِمَاع كُلُّه وِمَفْهِمْتِش حَاجَة.

    I attended the whole meeting and understood nothing.

  3. Future

    كَرِيم هَيِحْضَر فَرَح سَلْمَى.

    Karim will attend Salma's wedding.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِحْضَر كُلّ الدُّرُوس.

    You have to attend all the classes.

  5. Commands

    اِحْضَر الاِجْتِمَاع بُكْرَة, مُهِمّ.

    Attend the meeting tomorrow, it's important.

Good to know

  • حَضَر is to attend a class or a meeting, the opposite of غَاب; its participle حَاضِر, present, is also the everyday yes, right away.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.