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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

وَحَّش

to make someone miss you (I miss you)

  • #339 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 make someone miss you
إِنْتَyou make someone miss you (to a man)
إِنْتِyou make someone miss you (to a woman)
هُوَّhe makes someone miss you
هِيَّshe makes someone miss you
إِحْنَاwe make someone miss you
إِنْتُوyou all make someone miss you
هُمَّthey make someone miss you

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI made someone miss you
إِنْتَyou made someone miss you (to a man)
إِنْتِyou made someone miss you (to a woman)
هُوَّhe made someone miss you
هِيَّshe made someone miss you
إِحْنَاwe made someone miss you
إِنْتُوyou all made someone miss you
هُمَّthey made someone miss you

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will make someone miss you
إِنْتَyou will make someone miss you (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will make someone miss you (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will make someone miss you
هِيَّshe will make someone miss you
إِحْنَاwe will make someone miss you
إِنْتُوyou all will make someone miss you
هُمَّthey will make someone miss you

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmake someone miss you! (to a man)
إِنْتِmake someone miss you! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmake someone miss you! (to several people)

How to use وَحَّش

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

  1. Present

    مَصْر بِتِوَحَّشْنِي لَمَّا بَسَافِر.

    I miss Egypt when I travel.

  2. Past

    وَحَشْتِينِي, يَا سَلْمَى!

    I missed you, Salma!

  3. Future

    هَتِوَحَّشْنِي كِتِير فِي شِيكَاغُو.

    I'll miss you a lot in Chicago.

  4. After want, must and can

    سَافِرِي شَهْر عَشَان تِوَحَّشِينِي شُوَيَّة.

    Travel for a month so that I miss you a little.

  5. Commands

    مَتِوَحَّشْنِيش, اِتَّصِل كُلّ يُوم.

    Don't make me miss you, call every day.

Good to know

  • Egyptians say it the other way round: وَحَشْتِنِي, you made me miss you, is "I miss you".

Where you hear وَحَّش

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • مَصْر بِتْوَحَّشْنِي لَمَّا بَاسَافِر. I miss Cairo when I travel.
  • وَحَشْتِينِي, يَا سَلْمَى. I missed you, Salma.
  • هَتْوَحَّشْنِي فِي الأُقْصُر. I will miss you in Luxor.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.