EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
to catch someone out, to tease
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المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتَyou catch someone out (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou catch someone out (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe catches someone out | ||
| هِيَّshe catches someone out | ||
| إِحْنَاwe catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all catch someone out | ||
| هُمَّthey catch someone out |
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI caught someone out | ||
| إِنْتَyou caught someone out (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou caught someone out (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe caught someone out | ||
| هِيَّshe caught someone out | ||
| إِحْنَاwe caught someone out | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all caught someone out | ||
| هُمَّthey caught someone out |
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتَyou will catch someone out (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will catch someone out (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will catch someone out | ||
| هِيَّshe will catch someone out | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will catch someone out | ||
| هُمَّthey will catch someone out |
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you catch someone out (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you catch someone out (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he catches someone out | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she catches someone out | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we catch someone out | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all catch someone out | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they catch someone out |
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَcatch someone out! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِcatch someone out! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوcatch someone out! (to several people) |
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
كَرِيم بِيِقْفِش أَيّ حَدّ يِغْلَط فِي كِلْمَة.
Karim catches out anyone who slips on a word.
قَفَشْتِك, إِنْتِ كَلْتِ آخِر حَتَّة!
Caught you, you ate the last piece!
هَاقْفِشَك أَوَّل مَا تِنْسَى اِسْمِي.
I will catch you out the moment you forget my name.
عَايِز أَقْفِش سَيِّد وِهُوَّ بِيَاكُل مِن الحَلَّة.
I want to catch Sayed eating from the pot.
مَتِقْفِشْش النَّاس عَلَى كُلّ غَلْطَة.
Do not catch people out on every mistake.
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.