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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْبَنَى

to be built, to get built

  • #397 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI am built
إِنْتَyou are built (to a man)
إِنْتِyou are built (to a woman)
هُوَّhe is built
هِيَّshe is built
إِحْنَاwe are built
إِنْتُوyou all are built
هُمَّthey are built

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْبَنَى

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

  1. Present

    عِمَارَات جِدِيدَة بِتِتْبَنَى فِي كُلّ حِتَّة.

    New buildings are going up everywhere.

  2. Past

    الجَامِع دَه اِتْبَنَى مِن أَلْف سَنَة.

    This mosque was built a thousand years ago.

  3. Future

    المَدْرَسَة الجِدِيدَة هَتِتْبَنَى جَنْب البِيت.

    The new school will be built next to the house.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم الحِيطَة تِتْبَنَى قَبْل الشِّتَا.

    The wall has to be built before winter.

Good to know

  • اِتْبَنَى is the passive of بَنَى, to build: البِيت اِتْبَنَى, the house was built.

Where you hear اِتْبَنَى

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Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • البُيُوت الجِدِيدَة بِتِتْبَنَى فِي سَنَة. The new houses get built in a year.
  • البِيت دَه اِتْبَنَى مِن مِيت سَنَة. This house was built a hundred years ago.
  • الحِيطَة هَتِتْبَنَى تَانِي بِالطُّوب القَدِيم. The wall will be built again with the old bricks.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.