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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

عَلَّق

to hang up

  • #401 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI hang up
إِنْتَyou hang up (to a man)
إِنْتِyou hang up (to a woman)
هُوَّhe hangs up
هِيَّshe hangs up
إِحْنَاwe hang up
إِنْتُوyou all hang up
هُمَّthey hang up

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI hung up
إِنْتَyou hung up (to a man)
إِنْتِyou hung up (to a woman)
هُوَّhe hung up
هِيَّshe hung up
إِحْنَاwe hung up
إِنْتُوyou all hung up
هُمَّthey hung up

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI will hang up
إِنْتَyou will hang up (to a man)
إِنْتِyou will hang up (to a woman)
هُوَّhe will hang up
هِيَّshe will hang up
إِحْنَاwe will hang up
إِنْتُوyou all will hang up
هُمَّthey will hang up

After want, must and can

المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَا(that) I hang up
إِنْتَ(that) you hang up (to a man)
إِنْتِ(that) you hang up (to a woman)
هُوَّ(that) he hangs up
هِيَّ(that) she hangs up
إِحْنَا(that) we hang up
إِنْتُو(that) you all hang up
هُمَّ(that) they hang up

Commands

الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَhang up! (to a man)
إِنْتِhang up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوhang up! (to several people)

How to use عَلَّق

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    بَعَلَّق الغَسِيل عَلَى البَلَكُونَة.

    I hang the washing on the balcony.

  2. Past

    عَلَّقْت الصُّورَة فِي الصَّالَة.

    I hung the picture in the living room.

  3. Future

    هَاعَلَّق الجَاكِت هِنَا جَنْب البَاب.

    I'll hang the jacket here, by the door.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَعَلَّق سِتَارَة جِدِيدَة.

    I want to hang a new curtain.

  5. Commands

    عَلَّق الشَّنْطَة عَلَى الكُرْسِي.

    Hang the bag on the chair.

Good to know

  • Where a thing hangs takes عَلَى or فِي: عَلَّقْت الصُّورَة عَلَى الحِيطَة.

Where you hear عَلَّق

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 3

  • بَعَلَّق رُسُومَاتِي عَلَى الحِيطَة. I hang my drawings on the wall.
  • عَلَّقْت الصُّورَة فِي الصَّالَة. I hung the picture in the living room.
  • هَاعَلَّق الجَاكِتَّة هِنَا. I'll hang the jacket here.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.