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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَصَل

to happen

  • #48 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: حَاصِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use حَصَل

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

  1. Present

    دَه بِيِحْصَل كُلّ يُوم فِي المِتْرُو.

    That happens every day on the metro.

  2. Past

    حَصَل إِيه فِي الشُّغْل النَّهَارْدَه?

    What happened at work today?

  3. Future

    مِش هَيِحْصَل حَاجَة, اِهْدَى.

    Nothing will happen, calm down.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن يِحْصَل أَيّ حَاجَة فِي الزَّحْمَة.

    Anything can happen in the traffic.

Good to know

  • حَصَل إِيه? is "what happened?"; the answer is often مَحَصَلْش حَاجَة, nothing happened.

Where you hear حَصَل

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • دَه بِيِحْصَل كُلّ يَوْم فِي العِمَارَة. That happens every day in the building.
  • حَصَل إِيه فِي المَتْحَف? What happened at the museum?
  • مِش هَيِحْصَل حَاجَة, مَتِقْلَقِيش. Nothing will happen, don't worry.

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 2

  • دَه بِيِحْصَل كُلّ يَوْم فِي العِمَارَة. That happens every day in the building.
  • حَصَل إِيه فِي المَتْحَف? What happened at the museum?
  • مِش هَيِحْصَل حَاجَة, مَتِقْلَقِيش. Nothing will happen, don't worry.

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