Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI fail | ||
| إِنْتَyou fail (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou fail (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe fails | ||
| هِيَّshe fails | ||
| إِحْنَاwe fail | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all fail | ||
| هُمَّthey fail |
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI failed | ||
| إِنْتَyou failed (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou failed (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe failed | ||
| هِيَّshe failed | ||
| إِحْنَاwe failed | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all failed | ||
| هُمَّthey failed |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will fail | ||
| إِنْتَyou will fail (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will fail (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will fail | ||
| هِيَّshe will fail | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will fail | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will fail | ||
| هُمَّthey will fail |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I fail | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you fail (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you fail (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he fails | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she fails | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we fail | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all fail | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they fail |
How to use فِشِل
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
المَشْرُوع بِيِفْشَل لَمَّا مَحَدِّش بِيِسْمَع.
The project fails when nobody listens.
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Past
فِشِلْت أَفْتَح البَاب بِالمُفْتَاح القَدِيم.
I failed to open the door with the old key.
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Future
الخُطَّة هَتِفْشَل لَوْ مَقُلْنَاش لِكَرِيم.
The plan will fail if we don't tell Karim.
-
After want, must and can
خَايِف أَفْشَل فِي الشُّغْل الجِدِيد.
I'm afraid of failing at the new job.
Good to know
- فِشِل فِي is to fail at something; فَاشِل, a failure, is a hard word, so don't say it of a person lightly.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.