Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI kill | ||
| إِنْتَyou kill (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou kill (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe kills | ||
| هِيَّshe kills | ||
| إِحْنَاwe kill | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all kill | ||
| هُمَّthey kill |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
قَتَل
to kill
- #299 most used
- Regular verb
- Active participle: قَاتِل
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI killed | ||
| إِنْتَyou killed (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou killed (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe killed | ||
| هِيَّshe killed | ||
| إِحْنَاwe killed | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all killed | ||
| هُمَّthey killed |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will kill | ||
| إِنْتَyou will kill (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will kill (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will kill | ||
| هِيَّshe will kill | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will kill | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will kill | ||
| هُمَّthey will kill |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I kill | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you kill (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you kill (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he kills | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she kills | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we kill | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all kill | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they kill |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَkill! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِkill! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوkill! (to several people) |
How to use قَتَل
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
الحَرّ بِيِقْتِلْنِي فِي أُغُسْطُس.
The heat kills me in August.
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Past
قَتَلْت النَّامُوسَة اللِّي كَانِت فِي الأُوضَة.
I killed the mosquito that was in the room.
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Future
الزَّحْمَة دِي هَتِقْتِلْنَا قَبْل مَا نِوْصَل.
This traffic will kill us before we arrive.
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After want, must and can
عَايْزَة أَقْتِل الصَّرَاصِير اللِّي فِي المَطْبَخ.
I want to kill the cockroaches in the kitchen.
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Commands
اِقْتِل النَّامُوسَة دِي قَبْل مَا تَاكُلْنَا.
Kill that mosquito before it eats us.
Good to know
- Egyptians say قَتَل for exaggeration too: الحَرّ قَتَلْنِي, the heat killed me, الجُوع قَتَلْنِي, I'm starving.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.