Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI cook | ||
| إِنْتَyou cook (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou cook (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cooks | ||
| هِيَّshe cooks | ||
| إِحْنَاwe cook | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all cook | ||
| هُمَّthey cook |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
طَبَخ
to cook
- #116 most used
- Irregular verb
- Active participle: طَابِخ
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI cooked | ||
| إِنْتَyou cooked (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou cooked (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cooked | ||
| هِيَّshe cooked | ||
| إِحْنَاwe cooked | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all cooked | ||
| هُمَّthey cooked |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will cook | ||
| إِنْتَyou will cook (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will cook (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will cook | ||
| هِيَّshe will cook | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will cook | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will cook | ||
| هُمَّthey will cook |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I cook | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you cook (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you cook (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he cooks | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she cooks | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we cook | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all cook | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they cook |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcook! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcook! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcook! (to several people) |
How to use طَبَخ
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
بَطْبُخ لِلعِيلَة كُلّ يُوم جُمْعَة.
I cook for the family every Friday.
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Past
مَدَام نَادْيَة طَبَخِت مُلُوخِيَّة.
Madame Nadia cooked molokhia.
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Future
هَاطْبُخ مَحْشِي بُكْرَة.
I'll cook stuffed vegetables tomorrow.
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After want, must and can
عَايِز أَتْعَلِّم أَطْبُخ كُشَرِي.
I want to learn to cook koshary.
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Commands
اُطْبُخ الرُّزّ عَلَى نَار هَادْيَة.
Cook the rice on a low flame.
Where you hear طَبَخ
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1
- بَاطْبُخ الشُّرْبَة السَّاعَة أَرْبَعَة. I cook the soup at four.
- طَبَخْت لِعِشْرِين. I cooked for twenty.
- هَاطْبُخ بُكْرَه. I'll cook tomorrow.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.