Skip to content
fluentbyear

EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

طَنِّش

to ignore

  • #468 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَignore! (to a man)
إِنْتِignore! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوignore! (to several people)

How to use طَنِّش

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيطَنِّش مَامَا لَمَّا تِكَلِّمُه.

    Karim ignores Mum when she talks to him.

  2. Past

    طَنِّشْت الكَلاَم دَه وِكَمِّلْت شُغْلِي.

    I ignored that talk and went on with my work.

  3. Future

    هَاطَنِّش التِّلِيفُون النَّهَارْدَه وِأَرْتَاح شُوَيَّة.

    I'll ignore the phone today and rest a little.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش مُمْكِن أَطَنِّش رِسَالَة مِن تِيتَة.

    I can't ignore a message from Grandma.

  5. Commands

    طَنِّش, يَا لِيُو, مِش مُهِمّ.

    Let it go, Leo, it's not important.

Good to know

  • طَنِّش is to ignore someone on purpose, to let it go: طَنِّش! is let it go, don't react.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.