EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to continue, to carry on
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المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI continue | ||
| إِنْتَyou continue (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou continue (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe continues | ||
| هِيَّshe continues | ||
| إِحْنَاwe continue | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all continue | ||
| هُمَّthey continue |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI continued | ||
| إِنْتَyou continued (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou continued (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe continued | ||
| هِيَّshe continued | ||
| إِحْنَاwe continued | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all continued | ||
| هُمَّthey continued |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will continue | ||
| إِنْتَyou will continue (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will continue (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will continue | ||
| هِيَّshe will continue | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will continue | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will continue | ||
| هُمَّthey will continue |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I continue | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you continue (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you continue (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he continues | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she continues | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we continue | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all continue | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they continue |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcontinue! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcontinue! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcontinue! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
الشُّغْل بِيِسْتِمِرّ لِحَدّ السَّاعَة سِتَّة.
Work goes on until six.
المَطَر اِسْتَمَرّ طُول اللِّيل.
The rain went on all night.
الحَفْلَة هَتِسْتِمِرّ لِحَدّ نُصّ اللِّيل.
The party will go on until midnight.
لاَزِم تِسْتِمِرّ فِي المَشْي كُلّ يُوم.
You have to keep up the walking every day.
اِسْتِمِرّ, إِنْتَ بِتِتْحَسِّن كُلّ يُوم.
Keep going, you're improving every day.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.