Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI name | ||
| إِنْتَyou name (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou name (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe names | ||
| هِيَّshe names | ||
| إِحْنَاwe name | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all name | ||
| هُمَّthey name |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
سَمَّى
to name, to call
- #417 most used
- Irregular verb
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI named | ||
| إِنْتَyou named (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou named (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe named | ||
| هِيَّshe named | ||
| إِحْنَاwe named | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all named | ||
| هُمَّthey named |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will name | ||
| إِنْتَyou will name (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will name (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will name | ||
| هِيَّshe will name | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will name | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will name | ||
| هُمَّthey will name |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I name | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you name (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you name (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he names | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she names | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we name | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all name | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they name |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَname! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِname! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوname! (to several people) |
How to use سَمَّى
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
المَصْرِيِّين بِيِسَمُّوا الوَلَد عَلَى اِسْم جِدُّه.
Egyptians name a boy after his grandfather.
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Past
سَمِّيت القُطَّة الصُّغَيَّرَة بِسْبِس.
I named the little cat Bisbis.
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Future
هَنِسَمِّي البِيبِي بَعْد مَا نِشُوفُه.
We'll name the baby after we see him.
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After want, must and can
عَايْزِين نِسَمِّي الوَلَد عَلَى اِسْم أَبُويَا.
We want to name the boy after my father.
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Commands
سَمِّيهَا زَيّ مَا إِنْتَ عَايِز.
Name her whatever you like.
Good to know
- سَمَّى عَلَى اِسْم is to name a child after someone.
Where you hear سَمَّى
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2
- فِي مَصْر بِنْسَمِّي البِنْت عَلَى اِسْم جِدِّتْهَا. In Egypt we name a girl after her grandmother.
- سَمِّينَا البِنْت لَيْلَى. We named the girl Layla.
- هَنْسَمِّيهَا لَيْلَى, عَلَى اِسْم أُمّ تِيتَة. We'll call her Layla, after Grandma's mother.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.