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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِسْتَعَدّ

to get ready

  • #410 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: مِسْتَعِدّ

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget ready! (to a man)
إِنْتِget ready! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget ready! (to several people)

How to use اِسْتَعَدّ

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

  1. Present

    بَسْتَعِدّ لِلاِمْتِحَان مِن شَهْر.

    I've been getting ready for the exam for a month.

  2. Past

    اِسْتَعَدِّيت لِلرِّحْلَة مِن اِمْبَارِح.

    I got ready for the trip yesterday.

  3. Future

    هَنِسْتَعِدّ لِلشِّتَا بِهُدُوم تِقِيلَة.

    We'll get ready for the winter with warm clothes.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِسْتَعِدّ لِلاِجْتِمَاع كْوَيِّس.

    We have to get properly ready for the meeting.

  5. Commands

    اِسْتَعِدّ, القَطْر هَيِقُوم بَعْد خَمْس دَقَايِق.

    Get ready, the train leaves in five minutes.

Good to know

  • The participle مِسْتَعِدّ, ready, is how it is used most: أَنَا مِسْتَعِدّ, I'm ready; a woman says مِسْتَعِدَّة.

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