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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

صِحِي

to wake up

  • #40 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: صَاحِي

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَwake up! (to a man)
إِنْتِwake up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوwake up! (to several people)

How to use صِحِي

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

  1. Present

    بَصْحَى بَدْرِي فِي البَلَد.

    I wake up early in the village.

  2. Past

    صِحِيت مِتْأَخَّرَة النَّهَارْدَه.

    I woke up late today.

  3. Future

    بُكْرَة هَاصْحَى السَّاعَة خَمْسَة.

    Tomorrow I'll wake up at five.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِصْحَى بَدْرِي بُكْرَة, يَا لِيُو.

    You have to wake up early tomorrow, Leo.

  5. Commands

    اِصْحَى يَا كَرِيم, السَّاعَة تَمَانْيَة!

    Wake up, Karim, it's eight o'clock!

Good to know

  • صَاحِي (صَاحْيَة for a woman) is "awake": أَنَا صَاحِي مِن السَّاعَة خَمْسَة, I've been awake since five.
  • صِحِي is waking up by yourself; waking someone else up is صَحَّى.

Where you hear صِحِي

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

  • بَصْحَى السَّاعَة سَبْعَة كُلّ يَوْم. I wake up at seven every day.
  • صِحِيت مِتْأَخَّر النَّهَارْدَه. I woke up late today.
  • هَاصْحَى بَدْرِي بُكْرَة. I'll wake up early tomorrow.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَصْحَى السَّاعَة سَبْعَة كُلّ يَوْم. I wake up at seven every day.
  • صِحِيت مِتْأَخَّر النَّهَارْدَه. I woke up late today.
  • هَاصْحَى بَدْرِي بُكْرَة. I'll wake up early tomorrow.

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