Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI colour | ||
| إِنْتَyou colour (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou colour (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe colours | ||
| هِيَّshe colours | ||
| إِحْنَاwe colour | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all colour | ||
| هُمَّthey colour |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
لَوِّن
to colour
- #207 most used
- Irregular verb
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI coloured | ||
| إِنْتَyou coloured (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou coloured (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe coloured | ||
| هِيَّshe coloured | ||
| إِحْنَاwe coloured | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all coloured | ||
| هُمَّthey coloured |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will colour | ||
| إِنْتَyou will colour (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will colour (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will colour | ||
| هِيَّshe will colour | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will colour | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will colour | ||
| هُمَّthey will colour |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I colour | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you colour (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you colour (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he colours | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she colours | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we colour | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all colour | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they colour |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcolour! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcolour! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcolour! (to several people) |
How to use لَوِّن
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
كُلّ سَنَة بِنْلَوِّن بِيض لِشَمّ النِّسِيم.
Every year we colour eggs for Sham el-Nessim.
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Past
لَوِّنْت بِيضَة أَحْمَر وِبِيضَة أَخْضَر.
I coloured one egg red and one green.
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Future
الأَوْلاَد هَيْلَوِّنُوا البِيض بُكْرَة الصُّبْح.
The children will colour the eggs tomorrow morning.
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After want, must and can
عَايِز أَلَوِّن دِي أَزْرَق, يَا تِيتَة.
I want to colour this one blue, Grandma.
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Commands
لَوِّن دِي أَصْفَر, يَا لِيُو!
Colour this one yellow, Leo!
Good to know
- لَوْن is a colour and أَلْوَان colours; the verb is what families do to eggs for شَمّ النِّسِيم.
Where you hear لَوِّن
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2
- كُلّ سَنَة بِنْلَوِّن بِيض. Every year we colour eggs.
- لَوِّنْت عَشَرَة بِيضَات أَحْمَر. I coloured ten eggs red.
- هَالَوِّن دِي أَخْضَر. I'll colour this one green.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.