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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حَذَف

to delete

  • #258 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: حَاذِف

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَdelete! (to a man)
إِنْتِdelete! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوdelete! (to several people)

How to use حَذَف

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

  1. Present

    بَحْذِف الرَّسَايِل القَدِيمَة كُلّ شَهْر.

    I delete the old messages every month.

  2. Past

    حَذَفْت الصُّورَة دِي بِالغَلَط إِمْبَارِح.

    I deleted this photo by mistake yesterday.

  3. Future

    هَاحْذِف التَّطْبِيق دَه, بِيَاكُل البَطَّارِيَّة.

    I'll delete this app, it eats the battery.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِحْذِف رَقَمِي مِن الجُرُوب?

    Can you remove my number from the group?

  5. Commands

    اِحْذِف الفِيدْيُو دَه مِن المُوبَايْل بِسُرْعَة.

    Delete that video from your phone quickly.

Good to know

  • حَذَف is the delete of the phone and the computer; for wiping something out Egyptians also say مَسَح.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.