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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَلّ

to solve

  • #197 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: حَالِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَsolve! (to a man)
إِنْتِsolve! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوsolve! (to several people)

How to use حَلّ

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيحِلّ مَسَائِل الحِسَاب بِسُرْعَة.

    Karim solves maths problems quickly.

  2. Past

    حَلِّينَا مُشْكِلَة المَيَّة مَعَ البَوَّاب.

    We solved the water problem with the doorman.

  3. Future

    هَاحِلّ الوَاجِب بَعْد العَشَا.

    I'll do the homework after dinner.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِحِلّ المَوْضُوع دَه بِهُدُوء.

    We have to solve this matter calmly.

  5. Commands

    حِلّ المَسْأَلَة دِي لِوَحْدَك الأَوِّل.

    Solve this problem by yourself first.

Good to know

  • حَلّ is for problems and homework alike, حَلّ المُشْكِلَة, حَلّ الوَاجِب; the answer itself is الحَلّ.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.