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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

تِعِب

to get tired

  • #161 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: تَعْبَان

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget tired! (to a man)
إِنْتِget tired! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget tired! (to several people)

How to use تِعِب

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

  1. Present

    بَتْعَب بِسُرْعَة فِي الحَرّ.

    I get tired quickly in the heat.

  2. Past

    تِعِبْت مِن المَشْي فِي الزَّحْمَة.

    I got tired from walking in the crowds.

  3. Future

    هَتِتْعَب لَوْ شِلْت الشَّنْطَة دِي لِوَحْدَك.

    You'll get tired if you carry that bag by yourself.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة تِيتَة تِتْعَب فِي المَطْبَخ.

    I don't want Grandma to get tired in the kitchen.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتْعَبْش نَفْسَك, أَنَا هَاعْمِل الشَّاي.

    Don't tire yourself out, I'll make the tea.

Good to know

  • تَعْبَان, the participle, is tired and also unwell: أَنَا تَعْبَان شُوَيَّة can mean I'm a bit under the weather; a woman says تَعْبَانَة.

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