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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

وِقِع

to fall

  • #138 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: وَاقِع

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَfall! (to a man)
إِنْتِfall! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوfall! (to several people)

How to use وِقِع

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

  1. Present

    المُوبَايْل بِيُقَع مِن إِيدِي كُلّ يُوم.

    The phone falls out of my hand every day.

  2. Past

    وِقِعْت عَلَى السِّلِّم إِمْبَارِح.

    I fell on the stairs yesterday.

  3. Future

    الكُبَّايَة هَتُقَع, خَلِّي بَالَك!

    The glass is going to fall, careful!

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَقَع تَانِي.

    I don't want to fall again.

  5. Commands

    مَتُقَعْش, اِمْسِك إِيدِي.

    Don't fall, hold my hand.

Good to know

  • The present starts with a u: بِيُقَع, it falls; وَاقِع, fallen, is the state.

Where you hear وِقِع

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • المُوبَايْل بِيُقَع مِن إِيدِي كُلّ يَوْم. The phone falls out of my hand every day.
  • السَّقْف وِقِع. The ceiling fell.
  • الكُبَّايَة هَتُقَع! The glass is going to fall!

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • المُوبَايْل بِيُقَع مِن إِيدِي كُلّ يَوْم. The phone falls out of my hand every day.
  • السَّقْف وِقِع. The ceiling fell.
  • الكُبَّايَة هَتُقَع! The glass is going to fall!
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The Morning After

Intermediate Level 1 · السَّقْف كَان هَيُقَع.

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The Lights Go Out

Intermediate Level 1 · حَاجَة وِقْعِت فِي المَطْبَخ.

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A Hundred Years Ago

Intermediate Level 1 · وِالسَّقْف وِقِع إِمْتَى?

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Curtains

Intermediate Level 2 · طَوِيلَة, مَا دَام مَحَدِّش هَيُقَع.

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Mother's Day

Intermediate Level 2 · وَلَوْ السَّمَا وِقْعِت, الغَدَا الأَوَّل.

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But I did tell you

Advanced Level 2 · المَشْرَبِيَّة وَاقْعَة.

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A Wall That Sweats

Fluency Level 1 · البُويَة بِتُقَع, وِمَعَنْدِيش فِلُوس.

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