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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فَصَل

to cut out, to go dead (of a phone or power)

  • #254 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: فَاصِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَcut out! (to a man)
إِنْتِcut out! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوcut out! (to several people)

How to use فَصَل

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

  1. Present

    المُوبَايْل بِيِفْصِل بَعْد سَاعْتِين بَسّ.

    The phone dies after just two hours.

  2. Past

    النُّور فَصَل وِإِحْنَا بِنِتْعَشَّى.

    The power went out while we were having dinner.

  3. Future

    البَطَّارِيَّة هَتِفْصِل, كَلِّمْنِي عَلَى الأَرْضِي.

    The battery is going to die, call me on the landline.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز المُوبَايْل يِفْصِل فِي نُصّ المُكَالْمَة.

    I don't want the phone to die in the middle of the call.

  5. Commands

    اِفْصِل شُوَيَّة مِن الشُّغْل, يَا لِيُو.

    Switch off from work for a bit, Leo.

Good to know

  • المُوبَايْل فَصَل is the battery died and النُّور فَصَل the power cut out; of a person, فَصَل is to switch off, to zone out.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.