EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْوَقَّع

to expect

Conjugation

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

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

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

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

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

Form	Affirmative	Negative
إِنْتَexpect! (to a man)
إِنْتِexpect! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوexpect! (to several people)

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

Present

بَتْوَقَّع زَحْمَة عَلَى الكُورْنِيش بِاللِّيل.

I expect traffic on the Corniche at night.
Past

مَتْوَقَّعْتِش أَشُوفَك هِنَا, يَا لِيُو!

I didn't expect to see you here, Leo!
Future

كَرِيم هَيِتْوَقَّع هِدِيَّة فِي عِيد مِيلاَدُه.

Karim will expect a present on his birthday.
After want, must and can

لاَزِم تِتْوَقَّع مَطَر فِي إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة فِي الشِّتَا.

You have to expect rain in Alexandria in winter.
Commands

مَتِتْوَقَّعْش حَاجَة كِتِير مِن المَطْعَم دَه.

Don't expect too much from this restaurant.

اِتْوَقَّع إِنّ is to expect that; what nobody expected is مِش مِتْوَقَّع, the participle.

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.