Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI settle | ||
| إِنْتَyou settle (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou settle (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe settles | ||
| هِيَّshe settles | ||
| إِحْنَاwe settle | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all settle | ||
| هُمَّthey settle |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
اِسْتَقَرّ
to settle, to settle down
- #294 most used
- Regular verb
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI settled | ||
| إِنْتَyou settled (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou settled (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe settled | ||
| هِيَّshe settled | ||
| إِحْنَاwe settled | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all settled | ||
| هُمَّthey settled |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will settle | ||
| إِنْتَyou will settle (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will settle (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will settle | ||
| هِيَّshe will settle | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will settle | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will settle | ||
| هُمَّthey will settle |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I settle | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you settle (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you settle (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he settles | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she settles | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we settle | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all settle | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they settle |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَsettle! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِsettle! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوsettle! (to several people) |
How to use اِسْتَقَرّ
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
مَبَسْتَقَرِّش فِي مَكَان أَكْتَر مِن سَنَة.
I don't settle in one place for more than a year.
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Past
اِسْتَقَرِّيت فِي القَاهِرَة بَعْد الجَامْعَة.
I settled in Cairo after university.
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Future
هَنِسْتَقَرّ فِي المَعَادِي بَعْد الجَوَاز.
We'll settle in Maadi after the wedding.
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After want, must and can
عَايْزَة أَسْتَقَرّ وَأَفْتَح مَحَلّ صُغَيَّر.
I want to settle down and open a small shop.
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Commands
اِسْتَقَرّ فِي شُغْل وَاحِد بَقَى, يَا كَرِيم.
Settle into one job already, Karim.
Good to know
- مِسْتَقِرّ is settled, steady, said of a person, a job or the weather; اِسْتَقَرّ فِي is to settle in a place.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.