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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِلْتَزَم

to undertake, to commit to

  • #364 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَundertake! (to a man)
إِنْتِundertake! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوundertake! (to several people)

How to use اِلْتَزَم

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

  1. Present

    المُقَاوِل بِيِلْتِزِم بِالمَعَاد كُلّ مَرَّة.

    The contractor keeps to the deadline every time.

  2. Past

    اِلْتَزَمْت بِالمِيزَانِيَّة الشَّهْر دَه.

    I kept to the budget this month.

  3. Future

    هَالْتِزِم بِالتَّمْرِين تَلاَت مَرَّات فِي الأُسْبُوع.

    I'll commit to training three times a week.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم الشِّرْكَة تِلْتِزِم بِالعَقْد.

    The company has to stick to the contract.

  5. Commands

    اِلْتِزِم بِالمَعَاد, لَوْ سَمَحْت.

    Keep to the appointment, please.

Good to know

  • You commit بِ something: اِلْتَزَم بِالمَعَاد is to keep to the appointment.

Where you hear اِلْتَزَم

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • المُسْتَأْجِر بِيِلْتِزِم بِالدَّفْع أَوِّل الشَّهْر. The tenant commits to paying on the first of the month.
  • اِلْتَزَمْت بِالعَقْد سَنَة كَامْلَة. I kept to the contract for a whole year.
  • هَالْتِزِم بِكُلّ حَاجَة فِي العَقْد. I'll keep to everything in the contract.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • المُسْتَأْجِر بِيِلْتِزِم بِالدَّفْع أَوِّل الشَّهْر. The tenant commits to paying on the first of the month.
  • اِلْتَزَمْت بِالعَقْد سَنَة كَامْلَة. I kept to the contract for a whole year.
  • هَالْتِزِم بِكُلّ حَاجَة فِي العَقْد. I'll keep to everything in the contract.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.