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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

هَنَّى

to give joy, to congratulate (the answer to the table words)

  • #343 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَgive joy! (to a man)
إِنْتِgive joy! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgive joy! (to several people)

How to use هَنَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَهَنِّي صُحَابِي عَلَى كُلّ حَاجَة حِلْوَة.

    I congratulate my friends on every nice thing.

  2. Past

    الجِيرَان هَنُّوا سَلْمَى عَلَى الخُطُوبَة.

    The neighbours congratulated Salma on the engagement.

  3. Future

    هَاهَنِّي عَمّ مَحْمُود عَلَى المَحَلّ الجِدِيد.

    I'll congratulate Uncle Mahmoud on the new shop.

  4. After want, must and can

    الله يِهَنِّيك يَا سَيِّد, الشُّرْبَة حِلْوَة قَوِي.

    May God give you joy, Sayed, the soup is really good.

  5. Commands

    هَنِّي أُخْتَك عَلَى الاِمْتِحَان, يَا كَرِيم.

    Congratulate your sister on the exam, Karim.

Good to know

  • When someone wishes you "بِالهَنَا وِالشِّفَا" at the table, the answer is "الله يِهَنِّيك", may God give you joy; with عَلَى it is to congratulate someone on something.

Where you hear هَنَّى

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

  • رَبِّنَا بِيهَنِّي اللِّي بِيِفْتَح بِيتُه. God gives joy to the one who opens his home.
  • الجِيرَان هَنُّوا كَرِيم عَلَى الشُّغْل الجِدِيد. The neighbours congratulated Karim on the new job.
  • هَاهَنِّي مَدَام نَادْيَة عَلَى العَشَا. I'll compliment Madame Nadia on the dinner.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.