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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

طَار

to fly

  • #131 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: طَايِر

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَfly! (to a man)
إِنْتِfly! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوfly! (to several people)

How to use طَار

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

  1. Present

    الطَّيَّارَة بِتْطِير مِن القَاهِرَة السَّاعَة سَبْعَة.

    The plane flies out of Cairo at seven.

  2. Past

    طِرْنَا فُوق البَحْر سَاعْتِين.

    We flew over the sea for two hours.

  3. Future

    هَاطِير لِأَسْوَان بَدَل القَطْر.

    I'll fly to Aswan instead of taking the train.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَطِير بَدْرِي عَشَان أَلْحَق الفَرَح.

    I want to fly early to make it to the wedding.

  5. Commands

    طِيرِي, يَا عَصْفُورَة, البَاب مَفْتُوح!

    Fly, little bird, the door is open!

Good to know

  • People, birds and planes all طَار; the plane is الطَّيَّارَة and the airport المَطَار, from the same root.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.