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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صَوَّر

to photograph

  • #204 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَphotograph! (to a man)
إِنْتِphotograph! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوphotograph! (to several people)

How to use صَوَّر

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

  1. Present

    بَصَوَّر الغُرُوب مِن البَلَكُونَة.

    I photograph the sunset from the balcony.

  2. Past

    صَوَّرْنَا الأَهْرَامَات مِن بِعِيد.

    We photographed the pyramids from far off.

  3. Future

    هَاصَوَّرَك قُدَّام النِّيل.

    I'll take your picture in front of the Nile.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَصَوَّر هِنَا?

    Can I take photos here?

  5. Commands

    صَوَّرِينِي مَعَ كَرِيم, لَوْ سَمَحْتِ.

    Take a picture of me with Karim, please.

Where you hear صَوَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَاصَوَّر النِّيل كُلّ صُبْح. I photograph the Nile every morning.
  • صَوَّرْت المَعَابِد وِالأَلْوَان. I photographed the temples and the colours.
  • هَاصَوَّرْكُم قُدَّام الأَهْرَامَات. I'll photograph you all in front of the pyramids.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

  • بَاصَوَّر النِّيل كُلّ صُبْح. I photograph the Nile every morning.
  • صَوَّرْت المَعَابِد وِالأَلْوَان. I photographed the temples and the colours.
  • هَاصَوَّرْكُم قُدَّام الأَهْرَامَات. I'll photograph you all in front of the pyramids.

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