EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to grow up
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI grow up | ||
| إِنْتَyou grow up (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou grow up (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe grows up | ||
| هِيَّshe grows up | ||
| إِحْنَاwe grow up | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all grow up | ||
| هُمَّthey grow up |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI grew up | ||
| إِنْتَyou grew up (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou grew up (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe grew up | ||
| هِيَّshe grew up | ||
| إِحْنَاwe grew up | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all grew up | ||
| هُمَّthey grew up |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will grow up | ||
| إِنْتَyou will grow up (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will grow up (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will grow up | ||
| هِيَّshe will grow up | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will grow up | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will grow up | ||
| هُمَّthey will grow up |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I grow up | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you grow up (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you grow up (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he grows up | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she grows up | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we grow up | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all grow up | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they grow up |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَgrow up! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِgrow up! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوgrow up! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
الوِلاَد بِيِكْبَرُوا وِإِحْنَا مِش وَاخْدِين بَالْنَا.
The kids grow up without our noticing.
كِبِرْت فِي المَعَادِي, قُرَيِّب مِن المَحَطَّة.
I grew up in Maadi, near the station.
هَتِكْبَرِي وِتِفْهَمِي, يَا بِنْتِي.
You'll grow up and understand, my girl.
عَايِز اِبْنِي يِكْبَر فِي بِيت فِيه جِنِينَة.
I want my son to grow up in a house with a garden.
اِكْبَر بَقَى, يَا كَرِيم!
Grow up already, Karim!
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.