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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

تَرْجِم

to translate

  • #201 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَtranslate! (to a man)
إِنْتِtranslate! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوtranslate! (to several people)

How to use تَرْجِم

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

  1. Present

    بَتَرْجِم لِمَامَا كُلّ حَاجَة تِيتَة بِتْقُولْهَا.

    I translate for Mum everything Grandma says.

  2. Past

    تَرْجِمْت الشَّهَادَة فِي مَكْتَب فِي وِسْط البَلَد.

    I translated the certificate at an office Downtown.

  3. Future

    هَاتَرْجِم الجَوَاب لِأَبُويَا بِاللِّيل.

    I'll translate the letter for my father tonight.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِتَرْجِم لِي الكِلْمَة دِي?

    Can you translate this word for me?

  5. Commands

    تَرْجِمِي لِي كَلاَم البَوَّاب, يَا سَلْمَى.

    Translate the doorman's words for me, Salma.

Good to know

  • تَرْجِم مِن ... لِ is to translate from one language into another; the translator is the مُتَرْجِم.

Where you hear تَرْجِم

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Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • بَتَرْجِم لِبَابَا وِمَامَا كُلّ يُوم. I translate for Dad and Mum every day.
  • لِيُو تَرْجِم الفَاتُورَة لِأَبُوه. Leo translated the bill for his father.
  • هَتَرْجِم لَك, مَا تِقْلَقْش. I'll translate for you, don't worry.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.