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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

زِهِق

to get bored

  • #337 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: زَاهِق

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget bored! (to a man)
إِنْتِget bored! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget bored! (to several people)

How to use زِهِق

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

  1. Present

    بَزْهَق بِسُرْعَة مِن الأَفْلاَم الطَّوِيلَة.

    I get bored quickly with long films.

  2. Past

    زِهِقْت مِن الاِنْتِظَار فِي البَنْك.

    I got fed up with waiting at the bank.

  3. Future

    الأَوْلاَد هَيِزْهَقُوا بَعْد سَاعَة.

    The kids will get bored after an hour.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز أَزْهَق فِي الأَجَازَة.

    I don't want to get bored on holiday.

  5. Commands

    مَتِزْهَقْش, الطَّابُور قُصَيَّر.

    Don't get bored, the queue is short.

Good to know

  • زِهِق مِن is to be fed up with something; زَهْقَان is the state: أَنَا زَهْقَان, I'm bored.

Where you hear زِهِق

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَازْهَق مِن المَعَابِد بَعْد سَاعَة. I get bored of temples after an hour.
  • مَا زِهِقْتِش وَلاَ مَرَّة فِي الأُقْصُر. I never got bored once in Luxor.
  • هَتِزْهَق مِن الكَلاَم عَن الشُّغْل. You'll get bored of the talk about work.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • بَازْهَق مِن المَعَابِد بَعْد سَاعَة. I get bored of temples after an hour.
  • مَا زِهِقْتِش وَلاَ مَرَّة فِي الأُقْصُر. I never got bored once in Luxor.
  • هَتِزْهَق مِن الكَلاَم عَن الشُّغْل. You'll get bored of the talk about work.

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