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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْوَشْوِش

to whisper

  • #266 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَwhisper! (to a man)
إِنْتِwhisper! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوwhisper! (to several people)

How to use اِتْوَشْوِش

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

  1. Present

    الوِلاَد بِيِتْوَشْوِشُوا فِي الفَصْل.

    The kids whisper in class.

  2. Past

    اِتْوَشْوِشْت مَعَ كَرِيم فِي المَتْحَف.

    I whispered with Karim in the museum.

  3. Future

    هَنِتْوَشْوِش عَشَان تِيتَة نَايْمَة.

    We'll whisper because Grandma's asleep.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِتْوَشْوِش هِنَا.

    We have to whisper here.

  5. Commands

    اِتْوَشْوِش, البِيبِي نَايِم.

    Whisper, the baby's asleep.

Good to know

  • The verb is two whispers, وِشْ وِشْ; you whisper "with" someone: اِتْوَشْوِش مَعَ.

Where you hear اِتْوَشْوِش

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Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • بِنِتْوَشْوِش عَشَان سَلْمَى مَتِسْمَعْش. We whisper so that Salma doesn't hear.
  • اِتْوَشْوِشْتُو طُول اللِّيل. You two whispered all night.
  • هَنِتْوَشْوِش فِي الأَجْزَخَانَة. We'll whisper at the pharmacy.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.