EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to explain
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المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI explain | ||
| إِنْتَyou explain (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou explain (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe explains | ||
| هِيَّshe explains | ||
| إِحْنَاwe explain | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all explain | ||
| هُمَّthey explain |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI explained | ||
| إِنْتَyou explained (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou explained (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe explained | ||
| هِيَّshe explained | ||
| إِحْنَاwe explained | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all explained | ||
| هُمَّthey explained |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will explain | ||
| إِنْتَyou will explain (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will explain (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will explain | ||
| هِيَّshe will explain | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will explain | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will explain | ||
| هُمَّthey will explain |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I explain | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you explain (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you explain (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he explains | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she explains | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we explain | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all explain | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they explain |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَexplain! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِexplain! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوexplain! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
مَدَام نَادْيَة بِتِشْرَح كُلّ كِلْمَة بِالرَّاحَة.
Madame Nadia explains every word slowly.
كَرِيم شَرَح لِي الطَّرِيق لِلمَتْحَف.
Karim explained the way to the museum to me.
هَاشْرَح لَك الحِكَايَة كُلّهَا بُكْرَة.
I'll explain the whole story to you tomorrow.
مُمْكِن تِشْرَح لِي الكِلْمَة دِي تَانِي?
Can you explain this word to me again?
اِشْرَح لِتِيتَة إِزَّاي المُوبَايْل بِيِشْتَغَل.
Explain to Grandma how the phone works.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.