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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

زَاد

to increase, to go up

  • #151 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: زَايِد

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَincrease! (to a man)
إِنْتِincrease! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوincrease! (to several people)

How to use زَاد

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

  1. Present

    الأَسْعَار بِتِزِيد كُلّ شَهْر.

    Prices go up every month.

  2. Past

    الإِيجَار زَاد مِيتِين جِنِيه السَّنَة دِي.

    The rent went up two hundred pounds this year.

  3. Future

    الشُّغْل هَيِزِيد بَعْد مَا البِيبِي يِيجِي.

    The work will increase after the baby comes.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَزِيد سَاعَة شُغْل كُلّ يُوم.

    I want to add an hour of work every day.

  5. Commands

    زِيد شُوَيَّة سُكَّر فِي الشَّاي.

    Add a little sugar to the tea.

Good to know

  • زَاد is both to go up (prices rise) and to add more: زِيد السُّكَّر is add sugar.

Where you hear زَاد

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • الإِيجَار بِيزِيد كُلّ سَنَة. The rent goes up every year.
  • السِّعْر زَاد مِن الشَّهْر اللِّي فَات. The price went up last month.
  • الشُّغْل هَيِزِيد بَعْد الاِفْتِتَاح. The work will increase after the opening.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • الإِيجَار بِيزِيد كُلّ سَنَة. The rent goes up every year.
  • السِّعْر زَاد مِن الشَّهْر اللِّي فَات. The price went up last month.
  • الشُّغْل هَيِزِيد بَعْد الاِفْتِتَاح. The work will increase after the opening.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.