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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

رَوَّح

to go home

  • #108 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: مِرَوَّح

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَgo home! (to a man)
إِنْتِgo home! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgo home! (to several people)

How to use رَوَّح

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

  1. Present

    بَرَوَّح مِن الشُّغْل السَّاعَة خَمْسَة.

    I go home from work at five.

  2. Past

    رَوَّحْت مِتْأَخَّرَة وِنِمْت عَلَى طُول.

    I got home late and went straight to sleep.

  3. Future

    هَنْرَوَّح بَعْد الشَّاي, مَاشِي?

    We will go home after the tea, OK?

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَرَوَّح, بُكْرَة عَنْدِي شُغْل بَدْرِي.

    I have to go home, I have work early tomorrow.

  5. Commands

    رَوَّحُوا يَا وِلَاد, الدِّنْيَا ضَلِّمِت.

    Go home, kids, it has got dark.

Good to know

  • أَنَا مِرَوَّح, I am heading home, is how you take your leave; رَوَّح is to go home, not to go anywhere else.

Where you hear رَوَّح

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • بَارَوَّح السَّاعَة وَاحْدَة كُلّ تَلاَت. I go home at one every Tuesday.
  • رَوَّحْت وَأَنَا بَرْدَان مُوت. I went home frozen to death.
  • هَتْرَوَّحُوا دِلْوَقْتِي, بِنِقْفِل. You'll go home now, we're closing.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.