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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

فِضِل

to remain, to be left

  • #46 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: فَاضِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَremain! (to a man)
إِنْتِremain! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوremain! (to several people)

How to use فِضِل

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

  1. Present

    بَفْضَل فِي الشُّغْل لِحَدّ السَّاعَة خَمْسَة.

    I stay at work till five.

  2. Past

    فِضِلْت فِي البِيت طُول اليُوم.

    I stayed at home all day.

  3. Future

    هَتِفْضَل فِي مَصْر قَدّ إِيه, يَا لِيُو?

    How long will you stay in Egypt, Leo?

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز أَفْضَل هِنَا سَنَة كَامْلَة.

    I want to stay here a whole year.

  5. Commands

    اِفْضَل فِي السِّرِير, إِنْتَ تَعْبَان.

    Stay in bed, you're tired.

Good to know

  • فَاضِل (فَاضْلَة) is "left" or "remaining": فَاضِل نُصّ سَاعَة, half an hour left.

Where you hear فِضِل

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

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

  • بَفْضَل فِي المَحَلّ لِحَدّ السَّاعَة تِسْعَة. I stay at the shop till nine.
  • فِضِلْت فِي البَلَد أُسْبُوع. I stayed in the village a week.
  • هَافْضَل فِي مَصْر سَنَة. I'll stay in Egypt a year.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

  • بَفْضَل فِي المَحَلّ لِحَدّ السَّاعَة تِسْعَة. I stay at the shop till nine.
  • فِضِلْت فِي البَلَد أُسْبُوع. I stayed in the village a week.
  • هَافْضَل فِي مَصْر سَنَة. I'll stay in Egypt a year.
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On the agricultural road

Beginner Level 2 · فَاضِل نُصّ سَاعَة.

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Back to Cairo

Beginner Level 2 · بِالرَّاحَة. فَاضِل سَاعَة.

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The Talk, Part Two

Intermediate Level 3 · إِنّ سَلْمَى تِفْضَل فِي المَتْحَف. · إِنّ سَلْمَى تِفْضَل فِي المَتْحَف, وِتِعِيشُوا فِي القَاهِرَة.

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The first site meeting

Advanced Level 1 · وِالسَّقْف يِفْضَل مَقْفُول.

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