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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْغَدَّى

to have lunch

  • #113 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَhave lunch! (to a man)
إِنْتِhave lunch! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوhave lunch! (to several people)

How to use اِتْغَدَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَتْغَدَّى فِي الوَرْشَة السَّاعَة وَاحْدَة.

    I have lunch at the workshop at one.

  2. Past

    اِتْغَدِّينَا سَمَك عَلَى البَحْر.

    We had fish for lunch by the sea.

  3. Future

    هَنِتْغَدَّى عَنْد تِيتَة الجُمْعَة.

    We'll have lunch at Grandma's on Friday.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَتْغَدَّى كُشَرِي النَّهَارْدَه.

    I want koshary for lunch today.

  5. Commands

    اِتْغَدِّي الأَوِّل, وِبَعْدِين اِشْتَغَلِي.

    Have lunch first, then work.

Good to know

  • It comes from غَدَا, lunch; to have breakfast is فِطِر and to have dinner اِتْعَشَّى.

Where you hear اِتْغَدَّى

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

  • بِنِتْغَدَّى السَّاعَة وَاحْدَة كُلّ يُوم. We have lunch at one every day.
  • اِتْغَدِّيت كُشَرِي عَلَى النَّاصْيَة. I had koshary for lunch on the corner.
  • هَنِتْغَدَّى مَعَ بَعْض الجُمْعَة. We'll have lunch together on Friday.

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