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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْصَوَّر

to be photocopied, to be photographed

  • #205 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbe photocopied! (to a man)
إِنْتِbe photocopied! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbe photocopied! (to several people)

How to use اِتْصَوَّر

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

  1. Present

    بَتْصَوَّر مَعَ صُحَابِي فِي كُلّ حَفْلَة.

    I have my picture taken with my friends at every party.

  2. Past

    اِتْصَوَّرْنَا كُلِّنَا قُدَّام الأَهْرَامَات.

    We all had our picture taken in front of the pyramids.

  3. Future

    الشَّهَادَة هَتِتْصَوَّر فِي المَكْتَبَة بُكْرَة.

    The certificate will be copied at the stationer's tomorrow.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم الوَرَق يِتْصَوَّر نُسْخَة تَانْيَة.

    The papers have to be copied once more.

  5. Commands

    اِتْصَوَّر مَعَايَا جَنْب النِّيل, يَا كَرِيم!

    Take a picture with me by the Nile, Karim!

Good to know

  • Papers بِتِتْصَوَّر at the stationer's; a person اِتْصَوَّر when his picture is taken: اِتْصَوَّر مَعَايَا, take a picture with me.

Where you hear اِتْصَوَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • الوَرَق بِيِتْصَوَّر فِي المَكْتَبَة. The papers get copied at the stationer's.
  • اِتْصَوَّرْت أَرْبَع صُوَر لِلإِقَامَة. I had four photos taken for the residence.
  • الجَوَاز هَيِتْصَوَّر بُكْرَة. The passport will get copied tomorrow.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.