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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

تَاه

to get lost

  • #437 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: تَايِه

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI get lost
إِنْتَyou get lost (to a man)
إِنْتِyou get lost (to a woman)
هُوَّhe gets lost
هِيَّshe gets lost
إِحْنَاwe get lost
إِنْتُوyou all get lost
هُمَّthey get lost

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget lost! (to a man)
إِنْتِget lost! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget lost! (to several people)

How to use تَاه

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

  1. Present

    بَتُوه فِي خَان الخَلِيلِي كُلّ مَرَّة.

    I get lost in Khan el-Khalili every time.

  2. Past

    تُهْت فِي شَوَارِع وِسْط البَلَد.

    I got lost in the downtown streets.

  3. Future

    هَتِتُوه مِن غِير الخَرِيطَة.

    You'll get lost without the map.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن نِتُوه فِي السُّوق, خَلِّي بَالَك.

    We could get lost in the market, be careful.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتُوهْش, اِمْشِي عَلَى طُول.

    Don't get lost, walk straight ahead.

Where you hear تَاه

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَاتُوه فِي الخَان كُلّ مَرَّة. I get lost in the Khan every time.
  • تُهْت فِي المَتْحَف وَأَنَا صُغَيَّرَة. I got lost in the museum when I was little.
  • هَتْتُوه مِن غِير الخَرِيطَة. You'll get lost without the map.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.