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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

مَات

to die

  • #85 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: مَايِت

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use مَات

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

  1. Present

    بَمُوت فِي الكُشَرِي بِتَاع عَمّ سَيِّد.

    I'm crazy about Uncle Sayed's koshari.

  2. Past

    جِدِّي مَات مِن عَشَر سِنِين, الله يِرْحَمُه.

    My grandfather died ten years ago, God rest him.

  3. Future

    الزَّرْع هَيْمُوت لَوْ مَشَرِبْش مَيَّة.

    The plants will die if they don't get water.

  4. After want, must and can

    خَايْفَة الوَرْد يِمُوت فِي الحَرّ دَه.

    I'm afraid the flowers will die in this heat.

Good to know

  • بَمُوت فِي, "I die for", is how Egyptians say they are crazy about something: بَمُوت فِي الكُشَرِي.
  • Of a person who died, Egyptians add الله يِرْحَمُه, God rest him, after the name.

Where you hear مَات

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • الزَّرْع بِيمُوت مِن غِير مَيَّة. Plants die without water.
  • مَامَا مَاتِت مِن تَلاَت سِنِين. My mother died three years ago.
  • الشَّجَرَة دِي هَتْمُوت لَوْ مَا اتْسَقِتْش. This tree will die if it isn't watered.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • الزَّرْع بِيمُوت مِن غِير مَيَّة. Plants die without water.
  • مَامَا مَاتِت مِن تَلاَت سِنِين. My mother died three years ago.
  • الشَّجَرَة دِي هَتْمُوت لَوْ مَا اتْسَقِتْش. This tree will die if it isn't watered.
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The old building off Road Nine

Advanced Level 1 · مِن سَاعَة مَا مَاتِت, مَحَدِّش سَاكِن.

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A hundred times

Fluency Level 1 · هَمُوت مِن الضِّحْك.

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Grandma on camera

Fluency Level 2 · اللِّي فَات مَات يَا اِبْنِي.

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Don't Touch the Beam

Fluency Level 2 · يِمُوت الزَّمَّار وِصَبَاعُه بِيِلْعَب.

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