المدير هيمضي على الاستمارة بعد الاجتماع.

The manager will sign the form after the meeting.

Breakdown of المدير هيمضي على الاستمارة بعد الاجتماع.

• ال: the
• بعد: after
• مدير: manager
• اجتماع: meeting

Questions & Answers about المدير هيمضي على الاستمارة بعد الاجتماع.

Is this sentence Egyptian Arabic or Modern Standard Arabic?

It is Egyptian Arabic.

The clearest clue is هيمضي. In Egyptian, هـ / حـ is a common future marker, so هيمضي means he will sign. In MSA, you would normally expect سـ or سوف, such as سيمضي or more commonly سيوقّع.

Another clue is that there are no case endings, which is normal in spoken Egyptian.

What does هيمضي break down into?

هيمضي is basically:

• هـ = future marker
• يمضي = he signs / he is signing

So together, هيمضي = he will sign.

In informal Egyptian writing, you may also see the future marker written as حـ, so حيمضي can represent the same idea.

Why is there على after يمضي?

Because in this meaning, the usual expression is يمضي على = to sign a document.

So Arabic uses a verb + preposition pattern here:

• يمضي على الاستمارة
• literally something like sign on the form
• naturally: sign the form

This is very common in Arabic: a verb may require a preposition even when English does not.

Is يمضي a normal word for , or would people say something else?