EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to calm down, to keep still
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المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI calm down | ||
| إِنْتَyou calm down (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou calm down (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe calms down | ||
| هِيَّshe calms down | ||
| إِحْنَاwe calm down | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all calm down | ||
| هُمَّthey calm down |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI calmed down | ||
| إِنْتَyou calmed down (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou calmed down (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe calmed down | ||
| هِيَّshe calmed down | ||
| إِحْنَاwe calmed down | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all calmed down | ||
| هُمَّthey calmed down |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will calm down | ||
| إِنْتَyou will calm down (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will calm down (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will calm down | ||
| هِيَّshe will calm down | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will calm down | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will calm down | ||
| هُمَّthey will calm down |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I calm down | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you calm down (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you calm down (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he calms down | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she calms down | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we calm down | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all calm down | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they calm down |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcalm down! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcalm down! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcalm down! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
البِيبِي بِيِهْدَى لَمَّا يِسْمَع صُوت أَبُوه.
The baby calms down when he hears his father's voice.
هِدِيت بَعْد مَا شِرِبْت كُبَّايِة مَيَّة.
I calmed down after I drank a glass of water.
الوَلَد هَيِهْدَى لَمَّا يِنَام شُوَيَّة.
The boy will calm down when he sleeps a little.
لاَزِم تِهْدَى قَبْل مَا تِتْكَلِّم مَعَاه.
You have to calm down before you talk to him.
اِهْدَى, يَا كَرِيم, كُلّ حَاجَة هَتِبْقَى كْوَيِّسَة.
Calm down, Karim, everything will be fine.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.