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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

تَعَّب

to tire someone, to trouble

  • #163 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَtire someone! (to a man)
إِنْتِtire someone! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوtire someone! (to several people)

How to use تَعَّب

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

  1. Present

    الشُّغْل فِي المَتْحَف بِيِتَعَّبْنِي شُوَيَّة.

    Work at the museum tires me a little.

  2. Past

    تَعَّبْت عَمّ مَحْمُود مَعَايَا فِي البِيت القَدِيم.

    I put Uncle Mahmoud to a lot of trouble with the old house.

  3. Future

    مِش هَاتَعَّبَك, سُؤَال وَاحِد بَسّ.

    I won't trouble you, just one question.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز أَتَعَّب تِيتَة فِي المَطْبَخ.

    I don't want to tire Grandma out in the kitchen.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتَعَّبْش نَفْسَك, أَنَا هَاعْمِل الشَّاي.

    Don't tire yourself out, I'll make the tea.

Good to know

  • "تَعَّبْت حَضْرِتَك مَعَايَا", I have put you to trouble, is the polite thing to say to someone who went out of their way for you; the answer is "وَلاَ تَعَب وَلاَ حَاجَة".

Where you hear تَعَّب

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

  • المَطْبَخ بِيتَعَّبْنِي. The kitchen tires me.
  • تَعَّبْت حَضْرِتَك مَعَايَا. I have troubled you.
  • هَتَعَّبَك مَعَايَا شُوَيَّة. I will trouble you a little.

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