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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

وَحَش

to be missed by someone (I miss you is said as you are missing to me)

  • #338 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: وَاحِش

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI am missed by someone
إِنْتَyou are missed by someone (to a man)
إِنْتِyou are missed by someone (to a woman)
هُوَّhe is missed by someone
هِيَّshe is missed by someone
إِحْنَاwe are missed by someone
إِنْتُوyou all are missed by someone
هُمَّthey are missed by someone

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI was missed by someone
إِنْتَyou were missed by someone (to a man)
إِنْتِyou were missed by someone (to a woman)
هُوَّhe was missed by someone
هِيَّshe was missed by someone
إِحْنَاwe were missed by someone
إِنْتُوyou all were missed by someone
هُمَّthey were missed by someone

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will be missed by someone
إِنْتَyou will be missed by someone (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will be missed by someone (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will be missed by someone
هِيَّshe will be missed by someone
إِحْنَاwe will be missed by someone
إِنْتُوyou all will be missed by someone
هُمَّthey will be missed by someone

After want, must and can

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَا(that) I am missed by someone
إِنْتَ(that) you are missed by someone (to a man)
إِنْتِ(that) you are missed by someone (to a woman)
هُوَّ(that) he is missed by someone
هِيَّ(that) she is missed by someone
إِحْنَا(that) we are missed by someone
إِنْتُو(that) you all are missed by someone
هُمَّ(that) they are missed by someone

How to use وَحَش

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

  1. Present

    مَصْر بِتِوْحَشْنِي لَمَّا أَسَافِر.

    I miss Egypt when I travel.

  2. Past

    وَحَشْتِنِي أَوِي, يَا لِيُو!

    I missed you so much, Leo!

  3. Future

    هَتِوْحَشُونَا كُلّ يُوم, يَا جَمَاعَة.

    We'll miss you every day, everyone.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَوْحَشَك, هَاكَلِّمَك كُلّ يُوم.

    I don't want you to miss me, I'll call you every day.

Good to know

  • The one who is missed is the subject and the one missing them the object: وَحَشْتِنِي is "I miss you", word for word "you went missing to me" (to a woman: وَحَشْتِينِي).

Where you hear وَحَش

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

  • البَحْر بِيِوْحَشْنِي فِي الشِّتَا. I miss the sea in winter.
  • وَحَشْتِينِي قَوِي, يَا سَلْمَى. I missed you very much, Salma.
  • هَتِوْحَشْنَا, يَا لِيُو. We'll miss you, Leo.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.