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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

"Does'" you like me? La ya baba..."Do" you like me? (No, mish aiwe bardu)

For real beginners (and some advanced students wahyatkom):

Verb to "BE" in positive:
I am
You are
He/she/it is
We are
They are

Negative:
I am not (I'm not)
You are not (You're not)
He/she/it is not (He/she/it isn't)
We are not (We aren't)
They are not (they aren't)

Question:
Am I?
Are you?
Is he/she/it?
Are we?
Are they?

Verb to "DO" positive:
I do
You do
He/she/ it does
We do
They do

Negative:
I do not (I don't)
You do not (You don't)
He/she/it does not (He doesn't)
We do not (We don't)
They do not (They don't)

Question:
Do I?
Do you?
Does he?
Do we?
Do they?

Boso ba'a....min gheir el hagat el basics dee...mish ha yinfa3 (khaleek ba'a fe ili inta fee da...I is, wa she do, wa he do, wa kolina dodo).

For sure you're going to ask: Tayeb imta asta3mel verb to 'be' wa imta asta3mel verb to 'do'. Sah? Mana 3arfa. It's a story that I can't do now but for the time being you should know this:

'be' + verb+ ing: I am helping you (ya3nee 3ala adee). He is looking at you.
or
'be' + adjective: Are you hungry? Yea, you bet I'm hungry.

I'm so tired, I'm really tall, (151 cm.3amlaqa), She's so silly.

'do' + base verb (verb asas):

Do you listen to music? (mish do you listening to music... ya ustaz)
Do you use MSN? (mish do you using...ya ustaza)

I haven't yet answered the question when do we use 'do' or 'be' coz I'm busy now and have some things to finish first. But el mara el gaya, let's talk about the difference between saying:
Are you reading the books? and Do you read books? (present continuous and present simple? sa7! mana kiwisa aho...)

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