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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

طَمِّن

to reassure

  • #318 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَreassure! (to a man)
إِنْتِreassure! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوreassure! (to several people)

How to use طَمِّن

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيطَمِّن مَامْتُه بِتِلِيفُون كُلّ يُوم.

    Karim reassures his mother with a phone call every day.

  2. Past

    الدُّكْتُور طَمِّنِّي عَلَى تِيتَة.

    The doctor reassured me about Grandma.

  3. Future

    هَاطَمِّنَك أَوِّل مَا أَوْصَل.

    I'll put your mind at rest as soon as I arrive.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَطَمِّن مَامَا قَبْل مَا تَنَام.

    I want to reassure Mum before she sleeps.

  5. Commands

    طَمِّنِّي عَلِيك لَمَّا تُوصَل.

    Let me know you're all right when you arrive.

Good to know

  • طَمِّنِّي عَلِيك, reassure me about you, is how a worried mother asks for news; اِتْطَمِّن, another verb, is to be reassured.

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