Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI doubt | ||
| إِنْتَyou doubt (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou doubt (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe doubts | ||
| هِيَّshe doubts | ||
| إِحْنَاwe doubt | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all doubt | ||
| هُمَّthey doubt |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
شَكّ
to doubt
- #99 most used
- Irregular verb
- Active participle: شَاكِك
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI doubted | ||
| إِنْتَyou doubted (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou doubted (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe doubted | ||
| هِيَّshe doubted | ||
| إِحْنَاwe doubted | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all doubted | ||
| هُمَّthey doubted |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will doubt | ||
| إِنْتَyou will doubt (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will doubt (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will doubt | ||
| هِيَّshe will doubt | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will doubt | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will doubt | ||
| هُمَّthey will doubt |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I doubt | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you doubt (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you doubt (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he doubts | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she doubts | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we doubt | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all doubt | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they doubt |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَdoubt! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِdoubt! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوdoubt! (to several people) |
How to use شَكّ
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
بَشُكّ إِنّ المَحَلّ مَفْتُوح النَّهَارْدَه.
I doubt the shop is open today.
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Past
شَكِّيت فِي السِّعْر وِسَأَلْت تَانِي.
I doubted the price and asked again.
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Future
لَوْ قَال كِدَه تَانِي, هَاشُكّ فِي كَلاَمُه.
If he says that again, I'll doubt his word.
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After want, must and can
مِش عَايْزَة أَشُكّ فِي صَاحْبِتِي.
I don't want to doubt my friend.
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Commands
مَتْشُكِّش فِي نَفْسَك, إِنْتَ شَاطِر.
Don't doubt yourself, you're clever.
Good to know
- شَكّ فِي is to doubt someone or something: بَشُكّ فِي الكَلاَم دَه, I doubt that story.
Where you hear شَكّ
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3
- أَنَا مَبَشُكّ فِي كَلاَم تِيتَة أَبَداً. I never doubt what Grandma says.
- مَحَدِّش شَكّ إِنّ الفَطِيرَة بِتَاعِتْهَا. Nobody doubted the pastry was hers.
- لَو قُلْت كِدَه, سَلْمَى هَتْشُكّ فِيَّا. If I say that, Salma will doubt me.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.