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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

حِفِظ

to memorize, to keep, to save (a file)

  • #196 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: حَافِظ

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmemorize! (to a man)
إِنْتِmemorize! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmemorize! (to several people)

How to use حِفِظ

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

  1. Present

    بَحْفَظ عَشَر كِلْمَات جِدِيدَة كُلّ يُوم.

    I memorize ten new words every day.

  2. Past

    حِفِظْت رَقَم تِلِيفُون كَرِيم مِن أَوَّل مَرَّة.

    I memorized Karim's phone number the first time.

  3. Future

    هَاحْفَظ الصُّوَر عَلَى اللاَّبْتُوب بِاللِّيل.

    I'll save the photos on the laptop tonight.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم تِحْفَظ المَلَفّ قَبْل مَا تِقْفِل.

    You have to save the file before you close it.

  5. Commands

    اِحْفَظ العِنْوَان كْوَيِّس, الشَّارِع مِن غِير لاَفْتَة.

    Memorize the address well, the street has no sign.

Good to know

  • حَافِظ, the participle, is knowing by heart, أَنَا حَافِظ الأُغْنِيَّة; حِفِظ المَلَفّ is to save the file.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.