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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَوَّر

to light up (the welcome: you have lit up the place)

  • #252 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: مِنَوَّر

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَlight up! (to a man)
إِنْتِlight up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوlight up! (to several people)

How to use نَوَّر

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

  1. Present

    الفَانُوس بِينَوَّر الشَّارِع بِاللَّيل.

    The lantern lights up the street at night.

  2. Past

    نَوَّرْت يَا كَرِيم, اِتْفَضَّل.

    You have lit up the place, Karim, come in.

  3. Future

    اللَّمْبَة الجِدِيدَة هَتْنَوَّر الأُوضَة كُلّهَا.

    The new bulb will light up the whole room.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَنَوَّر البَلَكُونَة بِفَانُوس.

    I want to light up the balcony with a lantern.

  5. Commands

    نَوَّر السَّلاَلِم, مَفِيش حَدّ شَايِف.

    Light up the stairs, no one can see.

Good to know

  • نَوَّرْت, you have lit the place up, is what you tell a guest at the door; the guest answers مِنَوَّر بِأَهْلُه, it is lit by its people.

Where you hear نَوَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • الفَانُوس بِيِنَوَّر الشَّارِع كُلُّه. The lantern lights up the whole street.
  • نَوَّرْتُوا البِيت يَا جَمَاعَة. You've lit up the house, everyone.
  • الكَهْرَبَا هَتْنَوَّر بَعْد شُوَيَّة. The electricity will come back on in a moment.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • الفَانُوس بِيِنَوَّر الشَّارِع كُلُّه. The lantern lights up the whole street.
  • نَوَّرْتُوا البِيت يَا جَمَاعَة. You've lit up the house, everyone.
  • الكَهْرَبَا هَتْنَوَّر بَعْد شُوَيَّة. The electricity will come back on in a moment.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.