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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

رَمِّم

to restore, to repair (a building)

  • #399 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَrestore! (to a man)
إِنْتِrestore! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوrestore! (to several people)

How to use رَمِّم

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

  1. Present

    بَرَمِّم بُيُوت قَدِيمَة فِي وِسْط البَلَد.

    I restore old houses Downtown.

  2. Past

    رَمِّمُوا المَتْحَف السَّنَة اللِّي فَاتِت.

    They restored the museum last year.

  3. Future

    هَنْرَمِّم السَّقْف قَبْل الشِّتَا.

    We'll restore the roof before winter.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزِين نِرَمِّم بِيت تِيتَة.

    We want to restore Grandma's house.

  5. Commands

    رَمِّم الحِيطَة دِي الأَوِّل.

    Restore this wall first.

Good to know

  • The person who does it is a مُرَمِّم, a restorer, which is Leo's job in the lessons.

Where you hear رَمِّم

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

  • بَرَمِّم بُيُوت قَدِيمَة فِي مَصْر. I restore old houses in Cairo.
  • رَمِّمْنَا بِيت فِي الدَّرْب الأَحْمَر. We restored a house in al-Darb al-Ahmar.
  • لِيُو هَيْرَمِّم بِيت تِيتَة. Leo will restore Grandma's house.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.