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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

سَاوَى

to equal, to be worth

  • #279 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use سَاوَى

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

  1. Present

    الشَّقَّة دِي بِتْسَاوِي مِلْيُون جِنِيه دِلْوَقْتِي.

    This flat is worth a million pounds now.

  2. Past

    الدُّولاَر سَاوَى خَمْسِين جِنِيه إِمْبَارِح.

    The dollar was worth fifty pounds yesterday.

  3. Future

    العَرَبِيَّة دِي مِش هَتْسَاوِي حَاجَة بَعْد سَنَة.

    This car won't be worth anything in a year.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن الإِيجَار يِسَاوِي الضِّعْف فِي الصِّيف.

    The rent could be double in the summer.

Good to know

  • يِسَاوِي كَام? asks what something is worth; مَيِسَاوِيش حَاجَة is it isn't worth anything.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.