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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْرَبَّى

to grow up, to be brought up

  • #189 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَgrow up! (to a man)
إِنْتِgrow up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgrow up! (to several people)

How to use اِتْرَبَّى

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

  1. Present

    العِيَال فِي مَصْر بِيِتْرَبُّوا وِسْط العِيلَة كُلَّهَا.

    Children in Egypt grow up in the middle of the whole family.

  2. Past

    أَنَا اِتْرَبِّيت فِي بِيت تِيتَة فِي مَصْر القَدِيمَة.

    I grew up in Grandma's house in Old Cairo.

  3. Future

    لَيْلَى هَتِتْرَبَّى بَيْن لُغَتِين.

    Layla will grow up between two languages.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة بِنْتِي تِتْرَبَّى جَنْب تِيتِتْهَا.

    I want my daughter to grow up next to her grandmother.

  5. Commands

    اِتْرَبُّوا يَا وِلاَد, إِحْنَا فِي بِيت نَاس!

    Behave yourselves, boys, we're in someone's house!

Good to know

  • رَبَّى is to bring up a child; اِتْرَبَّى is to be brought up, so اِتْرَبَّى فِي says where you grew up.
  • Said to someone as a command, اِتْرَبَّى! means "learn some manners!".

Where you hear اِتْرَبَّى

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • الأَوْلاَد بِيِتْرَبُّوا عَلَى كَلاَم أُمَّهُم. Children grow up on their mother's words.
  • أَنَا اِتْرَبِّيت فِي مَصْر الجِدِيدَة. I grew up in Heliopolis.
  • لَيْلَى هَتِتْرَبَّى فِي القَاهِرَة. Layla will grow up in Cairo.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.