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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صَحَّى

to wake someone up

  • #41 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI wake someone up
إِنْتَyou wake someone up (to a man)
إِنْتِyou wake someone up (to a woman)
هُوَّhe wakes someone up
هِيَّshe wakes someone up
إِحْنَاwe wake someone up
إِنْتُوyou all wake someone up
هُمَّthey wake someone up

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَwake someone up! (to a man)
إِنْتِwake someone up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوwake someone up! (to several people)

How to use صَحَّى

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

  1. Present

    مَامَا بِتْصَحِّي كَرِيم كُلّ يُوم السَّاعَة سَبْعَة.

    Mum wakes Karim every day at seven.

  2. Past

    الدِّيك صَحَّانِي السَّاعَة خَمْسَة الصُّبْح!

    The rooster woke me at five in the morning!

  3. Future

    هَاصَحِّيك بُكْرَة بَدْرِي, يَا لِيُو.

    I'll wake you early tomorrow, Leo.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِصَحِّينِي السَّاعَة سِتَّة?

    Can you wake me at six?

  5. Commands

    صَحِّي أَبُوك, الفِطَار جَاهِز.

    Wake your father, breakfast is ready.

Good to know

  • The person you wake comes right after the verb: صَحِّينِي السَّاعَة سَبْعَة, wake me at seven; صَحَّانِي, he woke me.

Where you hear صَحَّى

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

  • بَصَحِّي كَرِيم السَّاعَة سَبْعَة. I wake Karim at seven.
  • الدِّيك صَحَّانِي السَّاعَة خَمْسَة. The rooster woke me at five.
  • هَاصَحِّيك بُكْرَة بَدْرِي. I'll wake you early tomorrow.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • بَصَحِّي كَرِيم السَّاعَة سَبْعَة. I wake Karim at seven.
  • الدِّيك صَحَّانِي السَّاعَة خَمْسَة. The rooster woke me at five.
  • هَاصَحِّيك بُكْرَة بَدْرِي. I'll wake you early tomorrow.

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