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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

سَحَب

to withdraw (money), to pull out

  • #283 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: سَاحِب

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَwithdraw! (to a man)
إِنْتِwithdraw! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوwithdraw! (to several people)

How to use سَحَب

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

  1. Present

    بَسْحَب فُلُوس مِن المَكَنَة مَرَّة فِي الأُسْبُوع.

    I withdraw money from the ATM once a week.

  2. Past

    سَحَبْت أَلْف جِنِيه مِن البَنْك الصُّبْح.

    I withdrew a thousand pounds from the bank this morning.

  3. Future

    هَاسْحَب الفُلُوس بُكْرَة, المَكَنَة فَاضْيَة.

    I'll withdraw the money tomorrow, the ATM is empty.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَسْحَب فُلُوس قَبْل مَا نِرُوح الخَان.

    I have to withdraw cash before we go to the Khan.

  5. Commands

    اِسْحَب الكَارْت بَعْد مَا تَاخُد الفُلُوس.

    Take your card out after you take the money.

Good to know

  • سَحَب فُلُوس is to withdraw money; it is also to pull, سَحَب الكُرْسِي, and to pull out of something, سَحَب مِن.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.