انا مليت الاستمارة، وبعدها مضيت عليها.

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Breakdown of انا مليت الاستمارة، وبعدها مضيت عليها.

• ال: the
• و: and
• على: on

Questions & Answers about انا مليت الاستمارة، وبعدها مضيت عليها.

Why does the sentence start with انا? Doesn’t the verb already show I?

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, the verb often already tells you who the subject is, so انا is not strictly necessary.

You could also say:

مليت الاستمارة، وبعدها مضيت عليها.

That would still mean the same thing.
Adding انا can make the sentence a little clearer or more emphatic, especially in speech.

How do I know مليت means I filled and not you filled?

In normal Arabic writing, short vowels are usually not written, so forms like مليت can look ambiguous by themselves.

Here, انا makes it clear that the speaker means I filled.
Without انا, context would usually tell you.

So in this sentence:

• انا مليت = I filled
• if someone said it directly to a man, مليت could also be understood as you filled

What exactly is مليت?

مليت is the past-tense verb meaning I filled or I filled out.

The basic Egyptian verb is ملا = to fill.
When you put it in the past tense for I, you get مليت.

So:

• ملا = he filled
• مليت = I filled

In this sentence, because the object is الاستمارة = the form, the meaning becomes I filled out the form.