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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْشَرَّف

to be honoured

  • #346 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْشَرَّف

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

  1. Present

    بَتْشَرَّف بِمَعْرِفْتَك, يَا دُكْتُور.

    I'm honoured to know you, Doctor.

  2. Past

    اِتْشَرَّفْنَا بِزِيَارْتِك, يَا مَادَام نَادْيَة.

    We were honoured by your visit, Madame Nadia.

  3. Future

    العِيلَة هَتِتْشَرَّف بِالخُطُوبَة دِي.

    The family will be honoured by this engagement.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزِين نِتْشَرَّف بِحُضُورْكُم فِي الفَرَح.

    We'd be honoured by your presence at the wedding.

Good to know

  • اِتْشَرَّفْنَا, "we are honoured", is what you say when you meet someone for the first time.

Where you hear اِتْشَرَّف

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • بَاتْشَرَّف بِمَعْرِفَة حَضْرِتَك. I'm honoured to know you.
  • اِتْشَرَّفْنَا بِزِيَارِتْكُو. We were honoured by your visit.
  • هَنِتْشَرَّف بِحُضُورْكُو كُلُّكُو. We'll be honoured by all of you coming.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • بَاتْشَرَّف بِمَعْرِفَة حَضْرِتَك. I'm honoured to know you.
  • اِتْشَرَّفْنَا بِزِيَارِتْكُو. We were honoured by your visit.
  • هَنِتْشَرَّف بِحُضُورْكُو كُلُّكُو. We'll be honoured by all of you coming.

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