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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صَبَّر

to give patience

  • #430 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَgive patience! (to a man)
إِنْتِgive patience! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgive patience! (to several people)

How to use صَبَّر

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

  1. Present

    تِيتَة بِتِصَبَّرْنِي لَمَّا بَازْعَل.

    Grandma gives me patience when I'm upset.

  2. Past

    كَرِيم صَبَّرْنِي لَمَّا الشَّقَّة اِتْأَخَّرِت.

    Karim kept me patient when the flat was delayed.

  3. Future

    هَاصَبَّر مَامَا لِحَدّ مَا تِرْجَع.

    I'll keep Mum patient until you're back.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِصَبَّرْهَا شُوَيَّة.

    You have to give her a little patience.

  5. Commands

    صَبَّر أَخُوك, النَّتِيجَة بُكْرَه.

    Give your brother some patience, the results are tomorrow.

Good to know

  • رَبِّنَا يِصَبَّرَك, "may God give you patience", is what you say to someone who has lost somebody.

Where you hear صَبَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • رَبِّنَا بِيصَبَّر الأُمَّهَات. Our Lord gives mothers patience.
  • سَلْمَى صَبَّرِتْنِي قَبْل الفَرَح. Salma kept me patient before the wedding.
  • رَبِّنَا هَيِصَبَّرْهَا عَلَيَّ. God will give her patience with me.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.