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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

لَمّ

to gather up, to collect

  • #463 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: لَامِم

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَgather up! (to a man)
إِنْتِgather up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgather up! (to several people)

How to use لَمّ

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

  1. Present

    بَلِمّ الهُدُوم مِن البَلَكُونَة قَبْل المَطَرَة.

    I gather the clothes in from the balcony before the rain.

  2. Past

    لَمِّيت الشُّنَط كُلَّهَا وِنِزِلْت لِلتَّاكْسِي.

    I gathered up all the bags and went down to the taxi.

  3. Future

    هَالِمّ الأَطْبَاق وِأَغْسِلْهَا بَعْد العَشَا.

    I'll gather up the plates and wash them after dinner.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَلِمّ حَاجْتِي قَبْل مَا التَّاكْسِي يِيجِي.

    I have to gather my things before the taxi comes.

  5. Commands

    لِمّ لِعَبَك مِن الصَّالَة, يَا سَيِّد.

    Pick up your toys from the living room, Sayed.

Good to know

  • لَمّ is to pick things up and put them together: لِمّ هُدُومَك, pick up your clothes; لَمّ نَفْسُه is to pull himself together.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.