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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَاقِش

to discuss (something)

  • #352 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَdiscuss! (to a man)
إِنْتِdiscuss! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوdiscuss! (to several people)

How to use نَاقِش

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

  1. Present

    المُدِير بِينَاقِش المِيزَانِيَّة كُلّ شَهْر.

    The manager discusses the budget every month.

  2. Past

    نَاقِشْت الفِكْرَة مَعَ كَرِيم عَلَى القَهْوَة.

    I discussed the idea with Karim over coffee.

  3. Future

    هَنْنَاقِش العَرْض بُكْرَة فِي المَكْتَب.

    We'll discuss the offer tomorrow at the office.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَنَاقِش مَعَاك حَاجَة مُهِمَّة.

    I want to go over something important with you.

  5. Commands

    نَاقِش المَوْضُوع مَعَ أَبُوك قَبْل مَا تِقَرَّر.

    Discuss the matter with your father before you decide.

Good to know

  • نَاقِش takes the matter straight, نَاقِش المَوْضُوع; نَاقِش حَدّ فِي حَاجَة is to go over something with someone.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.