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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَمَى

to protect

  • #324 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: حَامِي

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَprotect! (to a man)
إِنْتِprotect! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوprotect! (to several people)

How to use حَمَى

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

  1. Present

    الكْرِيم دَه بِيِحْمِي الوِشّ مِن الشَّمْس.

    This cream protects the face from the sun.

  2. Past

    الشَّمْسِيَّة حَمِتْنَا مِن الشَّمْس عَلَى البَحْر.

    The umbrella protected us from the sun at the beach.

  3. Future

    الجَاكِت دَه هَيِحْمِيك مِن البَرْد.

    This jacket will protect you from the cold.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِحْمِي الوِلاَد مِن الشَّارِع.

    We have to protect the kids from the street.

  5. Commands

    اِحْمِي رَاسَك مِن الشَّمْس, اِلْبِس بُرْنِيطَة.

    Protect your head from the sun, wear a hat.

Good to know

  • حَمَى مِن is to protect from; رَبِّنَا يِحْمِيك, may God protect you, is said to someone setting off.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.