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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَوَّل

to transfer, to convert

  • #284 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَtransfer! (to a man)
إِنْتِtransfer! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوtransfer! (to several people)

How to use حَوَّل

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

  1. Present

    بَحَوَّل فُلُوس لِمَامَا كُلّ شَهْر.

    I transfer money to Mum every month.

  2. Past

    حَوَّلْت مِيت دُولاَر لِجِنِيه فِي البَنْك.

    I changed a hundred dollars into pounds at the bank.

  3. Future

    هَاحَوَّل لَك الإِيجَار النَّهَارْدَه.

    I'll transfer you the rent today.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن أَحَوَّل مِن المُوبَايْل بَدَل البَنْك?

    Can I transfer from my phone instead of the bank?

  5. Commands

    حَوَّل القَنَاة, المَاتْش بَدَأ.

    Change the channel, the match has started.

Good to know

  • حَوَّل فُلُوس لِحَدّ is to transfer money to someone, حَوَّل دُولاَر لِجِنِيه to change it; حَوَّل القَنَاة switches the channel.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.