“Bathing” (present) (verb) in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, “Bathing” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) (m) Bst7ma

(I) (f) Bst7ma

(You) (m) Btst7ma

(You) (f) Btst7my

(You, plural) Btst7mo

(He) Byst7ma

(She) Btst7ma

(We) Bnst7ma

(They) Byst7mo

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بستحمي (m) (I)

بستحمي (f) (I)

بتستحمي (m) (You)

بتستحمي (f) (You)

بتستحموا (You, plural)

بيستحمي (He)

بتستحمي (She)

بنستحمي (We)

بيستحموا (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m bathing right now.”

Ana bsta7ma dlwa2ty.

.انا بستحمى دلوقتي

 
“No, I haven’t started bathing yet.”

La, mabda2t4 2st7ma 2badan.

.لا، مبدأتش استحمي ابدا

 
“Are you bathing right now?”

Anta btsta7ma dlwa2ty?

انت بتستحمى دلوقتي؟

 
“My husband is bathing upstairs.”

Gozy byst7ama fo2.

.جوزي بيستحمى فوق

 
“My wife is reading and bathing right now.”

Mraty te2ra w btst7ma dlwa2ty.

.مراتي تقرا وبتستحمى دلوقتي

 
“We are bathing right now.”

A7na bnst7ma dlwa2ty.

.احنا بنستحمى دلوقتي

 
“My wife and boy are bathing right now.”

Mraty wa 2bny byst7mo dlwa2ty.

.مراتي وابني بيستحموا دلوقتي

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Bathing” (verb) in Lebanese Arabic