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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِسْتَحْمِل

to bear, to stand

  • #313 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbear! (to a man)
إِنْتِbear! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbear! (to several people)

How to use اِسْتَحْمِل

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

  1. Present

    مَبَسْتَحْمِلْش الحَرّ فِي أُغُسْطُس.

    I can't stand the heat in August.

  2. Past

    اِسْتَحْمِلْت الأَلَم لِحَدّ مَا وِصِلْت المُسْتَشْفَى.

    I bore the pain until I reached the hospital.

  3. Future

    الكُرْسِي دَه مِش هَيِسْتَحْمِل وَزْنَك.

    This chair won't take your weight.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش قَادِر أَسْتَحْمِل الدَّوْشَة دِي.

    I can't stand this noise.

  5. Commands

    اِسْتَحْمِل شُوَيَّة, الدُّكْتُور جَايّ.

    Bear it a little longer, the doctor is coming.

Good to know

  • مِش قَادِر أَسْتَحْمِل, I can't stand it, goes with the heat, a pain or a person; a chair or a bridge that holds بِيِسْتَحْمِل too.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.