I drink coffee "أنا بأشرب قهوة"

In this lesson, we are going to learn about verbs, the present tense particularly. Verbs in Egyptian language have three different forms. These are Present, Past and Imperative. A typical practice is to memorize the three forms of each verb.

Now we will focus on the present form/tense. Like in French, German and many other languages, the verb changes according to the subject. The pattern most verbs follow in the present tense is demonstrated in the following examples (notice the letters written in red):

ye--SHrab    yeshrab   (Drink)
anaa baaSHrab	anaa bashrab    (I drink)
enta bete--SHrab	enta beteshrab    (You drink (m.))
ente bete--SHrab--ee	ente beteshrabee    (You drink (f.))
entoo bete--SHrab--oo	entoo beteshraboo    (You drink (pl.))
howwa beye--SHrab	howwa beyeshrab    (He drinks)
heyya bete--SHrab	heyya beteshrab    (She drinks)
homma beye--SHrab--oo	homma beyeshraboo    (They drink (pl.))
eHnaa bene--SHrab	eHnaa beneshrab    (we drink)

The following verbs follow the same pattern shown above :

ya'kol	ya'kol	Eat
ye3mel	ye'mel	Do
yekoon	yekoon	Be
yerooH	yerooH	Go
yeegee	yeegee	Come
yemSHee	yemshee	Walk
yoqaf	yo'af	Stand up/Stop
yoq3od	yo''od	Sit
yetakallem	yetakallem	Speak/Talk
yoskot	yoskot	Stop talking
yezoor	yezoor	Visit
yedres	yedres	Study

Some new words are presented here to help exemplifying the use of verbs:

le-	le	To
fee	fee	In
3alE	aala	On
3an	aan	About
alqahwat>	el-'ahwah	The coffee
albayt	el-bait	The house
alkorsee	el-korsee	The chair
almadrasat>	el-madrasah	The school
alSHaare3	eshsharea	The street

Examples of using verbs in the present form/tense:

1-anaa baaSHrab aalqahwat> anaa baashrab el-'ahwah I drink coffee

2-ente betrooHee lelmadrasat> ente betrooHee lelmadrasat You go to school (f.)

3-howwa beyeegee lelbayt howwa beyeegee lelbait He comes to the house

4-entoo betoqafoo fee aalSHaare3 entoo beto'afoo fee eshshaarea You stand in the street (pl.)

5-heyya betoq3od 3alE aalkorsee heyya betoaod ala elkorsee She sits on the chair

This concludes Lesson2, now it is exercise time ;).