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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَرَق

to burn (something)

  • #242 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: حَارِق

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَburn! (to a man)
إِنْتِburn! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوburn! (to several people)

How to use حَرَق

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

  1. Present

    الشَّمْس بِتِحْرَق فِي أُغُسْطُس.

    The sun burns in August.

  2. Past

    حَرَقْت الفِرَاخ, نِسِيتْهَا عَلَى النَّار.

    I burnt the chicken, I forgot it on the stove.

  3. Future

    الزِّيت السُّخْن هَيِحْرَق إِيدَك.

    The hot oil will burn your hand.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَحْرَق الكُنَافَة تَانِي.

    I don't want to burn the kunafa again.

  5. Commands

    مَتِحْرَقْش الوَرَق فِي الشَّارِع.

    Don't burn the paper in the street.

Good to know

  • حَرَق is what the cook, the sun and hot oil do to something; a burnt thing is مَحْرُوق.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.