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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَصَح

to advise

  • #360 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: نَاصِح

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَadvise! (to a man)
إِنْتِadvise! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوadvise! (to several people)

How to use نَصَح

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

  1. Present

    عَمّ مَحْمُود بِيِنْصَح كُلّ الشَّبَاب فِي الحَارَة.

    Uncle Mahmoud advises all the young men in the alley.

  2. Past

    الدُّكْتُور نَصَحْنِي أَمْشِي كُلّ يُوم.

    The doctor advised me to walk every day.

  3. Future

    هَانْصَحَك بِمَطْعَم حِلْو فِي وِسْط البَلَد.

    I'll point you to a nice restaurant Downtown.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَنْصَحَك بِحَاجَة, يَا كَرِيم?

    Can I give you a piece of advice, Karim?

  5. Commands

    اِنْصَح أَخُوك قَبْل مَا يِسَافِر.

    Advise your brother before he travels.

Good to know

  • The person advised is the object, نَصَحْنِي, and the advice follows as a bare verb, نَصَحْنِي أَرُوح لِلدُّكْتُور, he advised me to see the doctor.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.