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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

وِلِد

to give birth

  • #186 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: وَالِد

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use وِلِد

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

  1. Present

    القُطَّة بِتِوْلِد كُلّ سَنَة فِي الرَّبِيع.

    The cat gives birth every spring.

  2. Past

    مِرَات كَرِيم وِلْدِت بِنْت إِمْبَارِح.

    Karim's wife had a girl yesterday.

  3. Future

    أُخْتِي هَتِوْلِد الشَّهْر الجَايّ.

    My sister is giving birth next month.

  4. After want, must and can

    الدُّكْتُور قَال لاَزِم تِوْلِد فِي المُسْتَشْفَى.

    The doctor said she has to give birth at the hospital.

Good to know

  • The mother وِلْدِت, gave birth; the baby اِتْوَلَد, was born.

Where you hear وِلِد

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • القُطَّة بِتِوْلِد فِي الحَوْش كُلّ سَنَة. The cat gives birth in the courtyard every year.
  • الحَلَّة وِلْدِت حَلَّة صُغَيَّرَة. The pot gave birth to a little pot.
  • مِش هَتِوْلِد حَلَّة تَانِي. It won't give birth to a pot again.

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