Lesson 21: Colloquial Verbs

This is an Egyptian/Levantine version of the Present Tense of verbs.  I have deleted the ya-ktub-iina "memory aid" conjugation from here on, since it does not exist in Arabic.

ana   b-a-ktub  I am writing
inta  b-ta-ktub  You(m) are writing
inti   b-ta-ktub-ii (na)  You(f) are writing
howa b-ya-ktub   He is writing
hiya  b-ta-ktub   She is writing

(n)aHna m-naktub  We are writing
intuu b-taktub-uu (na)  You all(m/f) are writing
hum b-yaktub-uu (na)  They(m/f) are writing

Let's try another one.

ana   b-adrus  I am studying
inta  b-tadrus  You(m) are studying
inti   b-tadrus-ii   You(f) are studying
howa b-yadrus     He is studying
hiya  b-tadrus      She is studying

aHna m-nadrus  We are studying
intuu b-tadrus-uu  You all(m/f) are studying
hum  b-yadrus-uu   They(m/f) are studying.

Colloquial Arabic just has one plural "you" form and one plural "they" form:  intuu and hum.