Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI lessen | ||
| إِنْتَyou lessen (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou lessen (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe lessens | ||
| هِيَّshe lessens | ||
| إِحْنَاwe lessen | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all lessen | ||
| هُمَّthey lessen |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
قَلّ
to lessen, to grow less
- #152 most used
- Irregular verb
- Active participle: قَالِل
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI lessened | ||
| إِنْتَyou lessened (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou lessened (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe lessened | ||
| هِيَّshe lessened | ||
| إِحْنَاwe lessened | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all lessened | ||
| هُمَّthey lessened |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will lessen | ||
| إِنْتَyou will lessen (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will lessen (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will lessen | ||
| هِيَّshe will lessen | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will lessen | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will lessen | ||
| هُمَّthey will lessen |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I lessen | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you lessen (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you lessen (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he lessens | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she lessens | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we lessen | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all lessen | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they lessen |
How to use قَلّ
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
الزَّحْمَة بِتْقِلّ بَعْد السَّاعَة عَشَرَة.
The traffic thins out after ten.
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Past
الشُّغْل قَلّ فِي الصِّيف.
Work slowed down in the summer.
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Future
الحَرّ هَيْقِلّ بَعْد أُسْبُوعِين.
The heat will ease in two weeks.
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After want, must and can
لاَزِم السُّكَّر فِي الشَّاي يِقِلّ شُوَيَّة.
The sugar in the tea has to go down a little.
Good to know
- The opposite is زَاد, to increase; قَلِّل is to make something less.
Where you hear قَلّ
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2
- النَّاس بِتْقِلّ فِي الشِّتَا. The people grow fewer in winter.
- الطَّمَع قَلّ مَا جَمَع. Greed lessened what he had gathered.
- الشُّغْل هَيْقِلّ بَعْد العِيد. The work will lessen after the Feast.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.