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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صَلَّح

to repair, to restore

  • #143 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَrepair! (to a man)
إِنْتِrepair! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوrepair! (to several people)

How to use صَلَّح

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

  1. Present

    عَمّ سَيِّد بِيصَلَّح العَرَبِيَّات فِي الشَّارِع.

    Uncle Sayed repairs cars in the street.

  2. Past

    صَلَّحْت الحَنَفِيَّة بِنَفْسِي إِمْبَارِح.

    I repaired the tap myself yesterday.

  3. Future

    هَاصَلَّح البَاب يُوم الجُمْعَة.

    I'll repair the door on Friday.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِصَلَّح السَّقْف قَبْل الشِّتَا.

    We have to repair the roof before winter.

  5. Commands

    صَلَّح المُوتُور قَبْل مَا يِبُوظ أَكْتَر.

    Fix the engine before it breaks down more.

Where you hear صَلَّح

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • بَاصَلَّح بُيُوت قَدِيمَة فِي الدَّرْب الأَحْمَر. I restore old houses in al-Darb al-Ahmar.
  • صَلَّحْنَا السَّقْف مِن سَنَتَيْن. We repaired the roof two years ago.
  • المَالِك هَيْصَلَّح الأَسَانْسِير الشَّهْر الجَايّ. The owner will repair the lift next month.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • بَاصَلَّح بُيُوت قَدِيمَة فِي الدَّرْب الأَحْمَر. I restore old houses in al-Darb al-Ahmar.
  • صَلَّحْنَا السَّقْف مِن سَنَتَيْن. We repaired the roof two years ago.
  • المَالِك هَيْصَلَّح الأَسَانْسِير الشَّهْر الجَايّ. The owner will repair the lift next month.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.