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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

عِيِي

to get sick

  • #164 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: عَيَّان

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget sick! (to a man)
إِنْتِget sick! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget sick! (to several people)

How to use عِيِي

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيِعْيَى كُلّ شِتَا مِن البَرْد.

    Karim gets sick every winter from the cold.

  2. Past

    عِيِيت يُومِين بَعْد الرِّحْلَة.

    I was sick for two days after the trip.

  3. Future

    هَتِعْيَى لَوْ شِرِبْت مَيَّة سَاقْعَة كِدَه.

    You'll get sick if you drink cold water like that.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز أَعْيَى قَبْل السَّفَر.

    I don't want to get sick before the trip.

  5. Commands

    مَتِعْيَاش, يَا لِيُو, اِلْبِس الجَاكِت.

    Don't get sick, Leo, put the jacket on.

Good to know

  • عَيَّان, the participle, is sick, ill: أَنَا عَيَّان, a woman عَيَّانَة; the verb عِيِي is for falling ill, عِيِيت الأُسْبُوع اللِّي فَات, I was sick last week.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.