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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

رَنّ

to ring

  • #262 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: رَانِن

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَring! (to a man)
إِنْتِring! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوring! (to several people)

How to use رَنّ

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

  1. Present

    المُوبَايْل بِيرِنّ وَأَنَا فِي الاِجْتِمَاع.

    The phone rings while I'm in the meeting.

  2. Past

    رَنِّيت عَلَيْك مَرَّتِين وِمَرَدِّيتِش.

    I rang you twice and you didn't answer.

  3. Future

    هَارِنّ عَلَيْك لَمَّا أَوْصَل.

    I'll give you a ring when I arrive.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِرِنّ عَلَيَّ لَمَّا تِخَلَّص?

    Can you ring me when you finish?

  5. Commands

    رِنّ عَلَيَّ قَبْل مَا تِطْلَع.

    Ring me before you set off.

Good to know

  • رَنّ عَلَى حَدّ is to ring someone, often just a missed call that means call me back; the ring itself is رَنَّة.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.