EA: هو بيحب يروح الشغل ماشي

[ausermilar]

Hello!

Talking about a common friend, I've been told that هو بيحب يروح الشغل ماشي and I've understood that "he likes going on foot to his workplace" (instead of taking the metro or the bus).

To me, the اسم الفعل at the end of the sentence is describing the verb (acting as an adverb - ظرف): he could go quickly, reluctantly, jumping, running or ...walking/on foot.

My question is whether this use of the اسم الفعل is general: may I modify verbs just adding this اسم الفعل after the action expressed by the verb? (he walked thinking, he went jumping, he came laughing and so on).

Thanks.

 

[analeeh]

I think it's مشي, not ماشي, although perhaps this is different in Egyptian.

 

[Mahaodeh]

My question is whether this use of the اسم الفعل is general: may I modify verbs just adding this اسم الفعل after the action expressed by the verb? (he walked thinking, he went jumping, he came laughing and so on).

This is not اسم الفعل, perhaps you mean اسم الفاعل?
Anyway, yes, it is an adverbial (حال) and for the most part, yes it works. However, you have to keep in mind the meaning of the overall sentence and the meaning of the word itself.

I think it's مشي, not ماشي, although perhaps this is different in Egyptian.

I would say both work, in Levantine and in Egyptian, not to mention other dialects. You could probably replace it with the verb too بيحب يروح الشغل وهو بيمشي.
Which one is more common is probably dialect specific and I can’t say for Egyptian.

 

[cherine]

Both مَشْيْ and ماشي are used but مشي is more common.

You could probably replace it with the verb too بيحب يروح الشغل وهو بيمشي.

Maybe theoretically, yes, but I don’t think anyone actually uses this form.

 

[WannaBFluent]

Why it's not عالشغل though?

I first understood the sentence as 'he likes when work goes well'.

 

[ausermilar]

you have to keep in mind the meaning of the overall sentence and the meaning of the word itself.

Of course: the modification and the modified verb must keep a logical sense.

Thanks for the corrections and explanations.

 

[cherine]

Why it's not عالشغل though?

The preposition is not necessarily with the verb yeruu7/beyruu7. E.g.: بيروح الشغل، بيروح النادي، رايح مطعم، رايح مكان جديد

I first understood the sentence as 'he likes when work goes well'.

It may help if you keep in mind that we rarely use verbal phrases in Egyptian Arabic
الولد بيذاكر and not بيذاكر الولد
الراجل راح الشغل and not راح الراجل الشغل
We do use them sometimes, especially when we want to put emphasis on the action, but it’s not the go-to sentence structure.

Also to say the work is going well we use the verb yemshi: الشغل ماشي كويِّس.