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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَمَّى

to bathe someone

  • #450 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbathe someone! (to a man)
إِنْتِbathe someone! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbathe someone! (to several people)

How to use حَمَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَحَمِّي لَيْلَى بِمَيَّة دَافْيَة قَبْل النُّوم.

    I bathe Layla with warm water before bed.

  2. Past

    حَمِّيت البِيبِي لِوَحْدِي وِمَعَيَّطِتْش.

    I bathed the baby by myself and she didn't cry.

  3. Future

    هَاحَمِّي البِنْت وِبَعْدِين نِنْزِل.

    I'll bathe the girl and then we'll go out.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَحَمِّي لَيْلَى النَّهَارْدَه أَنَا.

    I want to bathe Layla myself today.

  5. Commands

    حَمِّي الوَلَد قَبْل مَا تِيتَة تِيجِي.

    Bathe the boy before Grandma comes.

Good to know

  • حَمَّى is to bathe someone else, a baby or a child; to take a bath yourself is اِسْتَحَمَّى.

Where you hear حَمَّى

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • بَاحَمِّي لَيْلَى كُلّ يُوم الصُّبْح. I bathe Layla every morning.
  • حَمِّيت البِيبِي لِوَحْدِي, أَوِّل مَرَّة. I bathed the baby by myself, for the first time.
  • هَاحَمِّيهَا أَنَا, وِإِنْتِ اِرْتَاحِي. I'll bathe her, and you rest.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.