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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صَدَّق

to believe

  • #96 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbelieve! (to a man)
إِنْتِbelieve! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbelieve! (to several people)

How to use صَدَّق

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

  1. Present

    مَبَصَدَّقْش كُلّ حَاجَة عَلَى الإِنْتَرْنِت.

    I don't believe everything on the internet.

  2. Past

    صَدَّقْت الحِكَايَة فِي الأَوِّل.

    I believed the story at first.

  3. Future

    تِيتَة مِش هَتْصَدَّق إِنَّك اِتْعَلِّمْت عَرَبِي!

    Grandma won't believe you've learnt Arabic!

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَصَدَّقَك, بَسّ الكَلاَم غَرِيب.

    I want to believe you, but the story is strange.

  5. Commands

    صَدَّقْنِي, المَحَلّ دَه أَرْخَص.

    Believe me, this shop is cheaper.

Good to know

  • صَدَّق takes the person or the story straight, with no preposition: صَدَّقْنِي, believe me; مَصَدَّقْتِش الحِكَايَة, I didn't believe the story.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.