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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

لاَحِظ

to notice

  • #386 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَnotice! (to a man)
إِنْتِnotice! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوnotice! (to several people)

How to use لاَحِظ

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

  1. Present

    بَلاَحِظ إِنّ لِيُو بِيِتْكَلِّم عَرَبِي أَحْسَن.

    I notice Leo speaks Arabic better.

  2. Past

    لاَحِظْت إِنّ البَاب مِش مَقْفُول.

    I noticed the door wasn't locked.

  3. Future

    تِيتَة هَتِلاَحِظ إِنَّك مَا كَلْتِش.

    Grandma will notice you haven't eaten.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز حَدّ يِلاَحِظ الغَلَط.

    I don't want anyone to notice the mistake.

  5. Commands

    لاَحْظُوا الفَرْق بِين الصُّورْتِين.

    Notice the difference between the two pictures.

Good to know

  • لاَحِظ إِنّ is to notice that; لاَحِظ عَلَى is to notice something about someone.

Where you hear لاَحِظ

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • أَنَا بَالاَحِظ كُلّ حَاجَة فِي الحَارَة. I notice everything in the lane.
  • لاَحِظْت المَيَّة الصُّبْح. I noticed the water this morning.
  • هَتْلاَحِظ الفَرْق بَعْد أُسْبُوع. You'll notice the difference after a week.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.