EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فَوَّت

to miss (a bus), to let pass

Conjugation

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

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

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

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

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

Form	Affirmative	Negative
إِنْتَmiss! (to a man)
إِنْتِmiss! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmiss! (to several people)

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

Present

بَفَوَّت الفِطَار لَمَّا أَصْحَى مِتْأَخَّر.

I miss breakfast when I wake up late.
Past

فَوَّتّ المِتْرُو وِاِسْتَنِّيت رُبْع سَاعَة.

I missed the metro and waited a quarter of an hour.
Future

مِش هَافَوَّت الفُرْصَة دِي تَانِي.

I won't miss this chance again.
After want, must and can

مِش عَايْزَة أَفَوَّت الطَّيَّارَة, يَلَّا بِينَا.

I don't want to miss the plane, let's go.
Commands

مَتْفَوَّتْش الأُوتُوبِيس دَه, مَفِيش غِيرُه.

Don't miss this bus, there isn't another.

فَوَّت is to miss a bus, a chance or a meal by letting it go by; the thing that went by فَات: الأُوتُوبِيس فَات, the bus has gone.

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.