Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI pray | ||
| إِنْتَyou pray (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou pray (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe prays | ||
| هِيَّshe prays | ||
| إِحْنَاwe pray | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all pray | ||
| هُمَّthey pray |
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI prayed | ||
| إِنْتَyou prayed (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou prayed (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe prayed | ||
| هِيَّshe prayed | ||
| إِحْنَاwe prayed | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all prayed | ||
| هُمَّthey prayed |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will pray | ||
| إِنْتَyou will pray (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will pray (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will pray | ||
| هِيَّshe will pray | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will pray | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will pray | ||
| هُمَّthey will pray |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I pray | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you pray (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you pray (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he prays | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she prays | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we pray | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all pray | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they pray |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَpray! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِpray! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوpray! (to several people) |
How to use صَلَّى
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
تِيتَة بِتْصَلِّي الفَجْر كُلّ يُوم.
Grandma prays the dawn prayer every day.
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Past
عَمّ مَحْمُود صَلَّى الجُمْعَة وِرِجِع المَحَلّ.
Uncle Mahmoud prayed the Friday prayer and went back to the shop.
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Future
هَاصَلِّي الأَوِّل وِبَعْدِين نِتْغَدَّى.
I'll pray first and then we'll have lunch.
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After want, must and can
المَحَلّ مَقْفُول, صَاحْبُه رَاح يِصَلِّي.
The shop is closed, its owner went to pray.
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Commands
صَلِّي وِإِحْنَا نِسْتَنَّاك فِي العَرَبِيَّة.
Pray, and we'll wait for you in the car.
Good to know
- الصَّلاَة is the prayer; a shop that closes a few minutes for it hangs the sign مَقْفُول لِلصَّلاَة.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.