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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

سَامِح

to forgive

  • #308 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَforgive! (to a man)
إِنْتِforgive! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوforgive! (to several people)

How to use سَامِح

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

  1. Present

    مَامَا بِتِسَامِح بِسُرْعَة.

    Mum forgives quickly.

  2. Past

    سَامِحْت كَرِيم عَلَى التَّأْخِير.

    I forgave Karim for being late.

  3. Future

    هَاسَامْحَك المَرَّة دِي بَس.

    I'll forgive you this time only.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِسَامِح أَخُوك.

    You have to forgive your brother.

  5. Commands

    سَامِحْنِي, مَكَانْش قَصْدِي.

    Forgive me, I didn't mean it.

Where you hear سَامِح

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • أَنَا بَاسَامِح بِسُرْعَة. I forgive quickly.
  • سَلْمَى سَامْحِتْنِي. Salma forgave me.
  • هَاسَامْحَك المَرَّة دِي. I'll forgive you this time.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.