EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to have dinner
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI have dinner | ||
| إِنْتَyou have dinner (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou have dinner (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe has dinner | ||
| هِيَّshe has dinner | ||
| إِحْنَاwe have dinner | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all have dinner | ||
| هُمَّthey have dinner |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI had dinner | ||
| إِنْتَyou had dinner (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou had dinner (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe had dinner | ||
| هِيَّshe had dinner | ||
| إِحْنَاwe had dinner | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all had dinner | ||
| هُمَّthey had dinner |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will have dinner | ||
| إِنْتَyou will have dinner (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will have dinner (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will have dinner | ||
| هِيَّshe will have dinner | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will have dinner | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will have dinner | ||
| هُمَّthey will have dinner |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I have dinner | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you have dinner (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you have dinner (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he has dinner | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she has dinner | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we have dinner | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all have dinner | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they have dinner |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَhave dinner! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِhave dinner! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوhave dinner! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
بِنِتْعَشَّى السَّاعَة تِسْعَة فِي مَصْر.
We have dinner at nine in Egypt.
اِتْعَشِّينَا سَمَك عَلَى البَحْر إِمْبَارِح.
We had fish for dinner by the sea yesterday.
هَاتْعَشَّى عَنْد تِيتَة الخَمِيس.
I'll have dinner at Grandma's on Thursday.
عَايْزَة أَتْعَشَّى بَرَّه النَّهَارْدَه.
I want to have dinner out today.
اِتْعَشَّى مَعَانَا, يَا سَيِّد, الأَكْل كِتِير.
Have dinner with us, Sayed, there's lots of food.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.