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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْحَسِّن

to improve, to get better

  • #378 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْحَسِّن

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

  1. Present

    العَرَبِي بِتَاع لِيُو بِيِتْحَسِّن كُلّ أُسْبُوع.

    Leo's Arabic is improving every week.

  2. Past

    الجَوّ اِتْحَسِّن بَعْد الضُّهْر.

    The weather got better in the afternoon.

  3. Future

    تِيتَة هَتِتْحَسِّن بِالدَّوَا دَه.

    Grandma will get better with this medicine.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز العَرَبِي بِتَاعِي يِتْحَسِّن قَبْل الصِّيف.

    I want my Arabic to improve before the summer.

Good to know

  • اِتْحَسِّن is said of health, weather and skills, العَرَبِي بِتَاعَك اِتْحَسِّن, your Arabic has improved; to improve something yourself is حَسِّن.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.