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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فَرَد

to roll out, to spread flat

  • #464 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: فَارِد

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَroll out! (to a man)
إِنْتِroll out! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوroll out! (to several people)

How to use فَرَد

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

  1. Present

    تِيتَة بِتِفْرِد العَجِينَة بِإِيدْهَا.

    Grandma rolls the dough out by hand.

  2. Past

    فَرَدْت الخَرِيطَة عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة.

    I spread the map out on the table.

  3. Future

    هَافْرِد البَطَّانِيَّة عَلَى السِّرِير.

    I'll spread the blanket flat on the bed.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِفْرِد العَجِينَة كِدَه بِالرَّاحَة.

    You have to roll the dough out slowly like this.

  5. Commands

    اِفْرِد الفَطِيرَة عَلَى السُّفْرَة, يَا كَرِيم.

    Roll the pastry out on the table, Karim.

Good to know

  • فَرَد is for dough, a blanket or a map: you roll it out or spread it flat.

Where you hear فَرَد

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Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • بَافْرِد الفَطِيرَة بِإِيدِي, مِش بِالمَكَنَة. I roll the pastry out by hand, not with a machine.
  • فَرَدِت العَجِينَة عَلَى السُّفْرَة كُلَّهَا. She rolled the dough out over the whole table.
  • هَافْرِد الرَّسْم عَلَى المَكْتَب. I'll spread the drawing out on the desk.

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