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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

غِلِي

to get expensive, to go up in price

  • #280 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: غَالِي

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use غِلِي

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

  1. Present

    اللَّحْمَة بِتِغْلَى قَبْل العِيد.

    Meat gets expensive before the feast.

  2. Past

    الإِيجَارَات غِلْيِت أَوِي السَّنَة دِي.

    Rents went up a lot this year.

  3. Future

    البَنْزِين هَيِغْلَى الشَّهْر الجَايّ.

    Petrol will go up next month.

  4. After want, must and can

    خَايِف الشَّقَّة تِغْلَى قَبْل مَا نِشْتِرِيهَا.

    I'm afraid the flat will get expensive before we buy it.

Good to know

  • غَالِي is "expensive" and أَغْلَى "more expensive"; غِلِي is the price going up.

Where you hear غِلِي

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • الإِيجَارَات بِتِغْلَى كُلّ سَنَة. Rents go up every year.
  • القُمَاش غِلِي الشَّهْر دَه. Fabric got expensive this month.
  • كُلّ حَاجَة هَتِغْلَى بَعْد العِيد. Everything will get more expensive after the Feast.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • الإِيجَارَات بِتِغْلَى كُلّ سَنَة. Rents go up every year.
  • القُمَاش غِلِي الشَّهْر دَه. Fabric got expensive this month.
  • كُلّ حَاجَة هَتِغْلَى بَعْد العِيد. Everything will get more expensive after the Feast.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.