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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

شِبِع

to be full (after eating)

  • #169 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: شَبْعَان

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI am full
إِنْتَyou are full (to a man)
إِنْتِyou are full (to a woman)
هُوَّhe is full
هِيَّshe is full
إِحْنَاwe are full
إِنْتُوyou all are full
هُمَّthey are full

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbe full! (to a man)
إِنْتِbe full! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbe full! (to several people)

How to use شِبِع

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

  1. Present

    بَشْبَع بِسُرْعَة مِن الكُشَرِي.

    I get full quickly on koshary.

  2. Past

    شِبِعْنَا خَالِص, الأَكْل كَان كِتِير.

    We got completely full, there was a lot of food.

  3. Future

    هَتِشْبَع مِن طَبَق وَاحِد مَحْشِي.

    You'll be full from one plate of stuffed vine leaves.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِشْبَع قَبْل السَّفَر الطَّوِيل.

    You have to eat your fill before the long trip.

  5. Commands

    اِشْبَع مِن الفُول, مَفِيش غَدَا النَّهَارْدَه.

    Fill up on ful, there's no lunch today.

Good to know

  • شَبْعَان, the participle, is what you say when the host offers more: أَنَا شَبْعَان, شُكْراً; a woman says شَبْعَانَة.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.