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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

مَدّ

to stretch out, to extend

  • #219 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: مَادِد

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَstretch out! (to a man)
إِنْتِstretch out! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوstretch out! (to several people)

How to use مَدّ

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

  1. Present

    الوَلَد بِيمِدّ إِيدُه عَلَى كُلّ حَاجَة.

    The boy reaches out for everything.

  2. Past

    الشِّرْكَة مَدِّت المَعَاد أُسْبُوع.

    The company extended the deadline a week.

  3. Future

    هَامِدّ رِجْلِي شُوَيَّة, أَنَا تَعْبَانَة.

    I'll stretch my legs a bit, I'm tired.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِمِدّ لِي إِيدَك?

    Can you hold out your hand to me?

  5. Commands

    مِدّ إِيدَك وِخُد الشَّنْطَة.

    Reach out and take the bag.

Good to know

  • مَدّ إِيدُه is to hold out one's hand; مَدّ رِجْلُه, to stretch one's legs.

Where you hear مَدّ

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Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • بَمِدّ رِجْلِي بَعْد الشُّغْل. I stretch my legs out after work.
  • مَدِّيت إِيدِي وِسَلِّمْت عَلَيْه. I held out my hand and greeted him.
  • هَامِدّ القُمَاش عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة. I'll spread the cloth out on the table.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.