EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

مِشِي

to walk, to go on foot

Conjugation

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

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

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

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

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

Form	Affirmative	Negative
إِنْتَwalk! (to a man)
إِنْتِwalk! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوwalk! (to several people)

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

Present

بَمْشِي عَلَى الكُورْنِيش كُلّ يُوم الصُّبْح.

I walk along the Corniche every morning.
Past

مِشِيت مِن المَتْحَف لِوِسْط البَلَد.

I walked from the museum to Downtown.
Future

هَنِمْشِي شُوَيَّة بَعْد العَشَا.

We'll walk a little after dinner.
After want, must and can

لاَزِم أَمْشِي دِلْوَقْتِي, اِتْأَخَّرْت.

I have to leave now, I'm late.
Commands

اِمْشِي عَلَى طُول وِخُشّ يِمِين.

Walk straight ahead and turn right.

مِشِي is also to leave, to be off: أَنَا مَاشِي, I'm off; and مَاشِي on its own means OK, fine.

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

بَمْشِي لِلْمَتْرُو كُلّ يُوم. I walk to the metro every day.
مِشِيت دُغْرِي وِخُشِّيت يِمِين. I walked straight and turned right.
هَنِمْشِي عَلَى الكُورْنِيش بِاللِّيل. We will walk along the Corniche in the evening.

بَمْشِي لِلْمَتْرُو كُلّ يُوم. I walk to the metro every day.
مِشِيت دُغْرِي وِخُشِّيت يِمِين. I walked straight and turned right.
هَنِمْشِي عَلَى الكُورْنِيش بِاللِّيل. We will walk along the Corniche in the evening.