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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَجَح

to succeed, to pass (an exam)

  • #191 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: نَاجِح

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَsucceed! (to a man)
إِنْتِsucceed! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوsucceed! (to several people)

How to use نَجَح

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

  1. Present

    اللِّي بِيِشْتَغَل بِجَدّ بِيِنْجَح فِي الآخِر.

    Whoever works hard succeeds in the end.

  2. Past

    كَرِيم نَجَح فِي اِمْتِحَان السَّوَاقَة.

    Karim passed the driving test.

  3. Future

    المَشْرُوع هَيِنْجَح لَوْ اِشْتَغَلْنَا سَوَا.

    The project will succeed if we work together.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَنْجَح فِي الشُّغْل الجِدِيد.

    I want to succeed in the new job.

  5. Commands

    اِنْجَح السَّنَة دِي وِهَاجِيب لَك مُوبَايْل.

    Pass this year and I'll get you a phone.

Good to know

  • نَجَح فِي is to pass an exam or to succeed at something.

Where you hear نَجَح

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • المَحَلّ بِيِنْجَح بِالصَّبْر. A shop succeeds with patience.
  • كَرِيم نَجَح فِي الاِمْتِحَان مِن زَمَان. Karim passed the exam long ago.
  • المَكْتَب هَيِنْجَح, إِنْ شَاء الله. The studio will succeed, God willing.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.