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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْوَلَد

to be born

  • #185 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْوَلَد

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

  1. Present

    فِي العِيلَة, كُلّ سَنَة بِيِتْوِلِد بِيبِي.

    In the family, a baby is born every year.

  2. Past

    اِتْوَلَدْت فِي شِيكَاغُو, بَسّ قَلْبِي هِنَا.

    I was born in Chicago, but my heart is here.

  3. Future

    البِنْت هَتِتْوِلِد فِي القَاهِرَة, إِنْ شَاء الله.

    The girl will be born in Cairo, God willing.

  4. After want, must and can

    تِيتَة عَايْزَة البِيبِي يِتْوِلِد فِي البِيت القَدِيم.

    Grandma wants the baby to be born in the old house.

Good to know

  • The question everyone asks is in the past: اِتْوَلَدْت فِين? is "where were you born?"

Where you hear اِتْوَلَد

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

  • فِي مَصْر, العِيَال بِيِتْوَلِدُوا فِي المُسْتَشْفَى. In Egypt, children are born in the hospital.
  • أُمِّي اِتْوَلَدِت فِي البِيت القَدِيم. My mother was born in the old house.
  • البِنْت هَتِتْوَلِد فِي القَاهِرَة. The girl will be born in Cairo.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • فِي مَصْر, العِيَال بِيِتْوَلِدُوا فِي المُسْتَشْفَى. In Egypt, children are born in the hospital.
  • أُمِّي اِتْوَلَدِت فِي البِيت القَدِيم. My mother was born in the old house.
  • البِنْت هَتِتْوَلِد فِي القَاهِرَة. The girl will be born in Cairo.

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