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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

دَخَل

to enter, to go in

  • #23 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: دَاخِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَenter! (to a man)
إِنْتِenter! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوenter! (to several people)

How to use دَخَل

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

  1. Present

    بَدْخُل المَكْتَب السَّاعَة تِسْعَة.

    I go into the office at nine.

  2. Past

    دَخَلْنَا المَتْحَف مِن البَاب الجَانِبِي.

    We went into the museum by the side door.

  3. Future

    هَيِدْخُل الجَامْعَة السَّنَة الجَايَّة.

    He'll start university next year.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَدْخُل, يَا مَدَام نَادْيَة?

    May I come in, Madame Nadia?

  5. Commands

    اُدْخُل, البَاب مَفْتُوح.

    Come in, the door is open.

Good to know

  • No preposition after it: دَخَل البِيت is to go into the house.

Where you hear دَخَل

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَادْخُل المَتْحَف مِن البَاب الجَانِبِي. I go into the museum by the side door.
  • دَخَلْت مَقْبَرَة لِأَوِّل مَرَّة. I went into a tomb for the first time.
  • هَادْخُل أَشْرَب حَاجَة سَاقْعَة. I'll go in and drink something cold.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • بَادْخُل المَتْحَف مِن البَاب الجَانِبِي. I go into the museum by the side door.
  • دَخَلْت مَقْبَرَة لِأَوِّل مَرَّة. I went into a tomb for the first time.
  • هَادْخُل أَشْرَب حَاجَة سَاقْعَة. I'll go in and drink something cold.
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Never in My Life

Intermediate Level 1 · عُمْرَك دَخَلْت مَقْبَرَة? · دَخَلْت مَرَّة وَاحْدَة بَسّ. · عُمْرِي مَا دَخَلْت.

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The First Evening of Ramadan

Intermediate Level 1 · لَمَّا دَخَلْت, شَمِّيت الشُّرْبَة.

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Mona at the Table

Intermediate Level 1 · مِن سَاعَة مَا مُنَى دَخَلِت.

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How Uncle Mahmoud Met Madame Nadia

Intermediate Level 1 · دَخَلِت مُدَرِّسَة, وِطَلَبِت قُمَاش أَزْرَق.

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The Move

Intermediate Level 2 · التَّرَابِيزَة مِش دَاخْلَة.

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Mister Fathi's Letter

Advanced Level 1 · اُدْخُل يَا لِيُو, مَبْرُوك عَلَى الخُطُوبَة.

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The procession

Advanced Level 1 · اُدْخُلُوا وِالطَّبْل بِيِدُقّ. · دَخَلْت وِمِرَاتِي مَاسْكَة إِيدِي.

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Moving in

Advanced Level 1 · الدُّولاَب مِش هَيِدْخَل.

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15
The table through the door

Advanced Level 2 · مِش هَتِدْخُل, البَاب ضَيَّق. · دَخَلِت! أَوِّل تَرَابِيزَة.

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A girl

Advanced Level 3 · كْوَيِّسَة. حَضْرِتَك تِدْخُل بَعْد رُبْع سَاعَة.

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Look, the thing is

Fluency Level 1 · اُدْخُل فِي المَوْضُوع

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A Word with Two Doors

Fluency Level 1 · وِتِدْخُل مِن البَاب الغَلَط.

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