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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِفْتَكَر

to remember, to think so

  • #29 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَremember! (to a man)
إِنْتِremember! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوremember! (to several people)

How to use اِفْتَكَر

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

  1. Present

    بَفْتِكِر رِيحَة الفَطِير فِي بِيت تِيتَة.

    I remember the smell of the pastry at Grandma's house.

  2. Past

    اِفْتَكَرْت إِنّ المَحَلّ مَقْفُول يُوم الجُمْعَة.

    I thought the shop was closed on Friday.

  3. Future

    هَتِفْتِكِر الكِلْمَة دِي لَمَّا تِشُوفُه.

    You'll remember this word when you see him.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِفْتِكِر اِسْم الشَّارِع?

    Can you remember the name of the street?

  5. Commands

    اِفْتِكِر تِقْفِل البَاب وَرَاك.

    Remember to lock the door behind you.

Good to know

  • اِفْتَكَر is to remember something; اِفْتَكَر إِنّ is to think, often wrongly, that something is so.

Where you hear اِفْتَكَر

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Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • بَفْتِكِر أَوِّل يُوم فِي مَصْر. I remember my first day in Egypt.
  • اِفْتَكَرْت إِنَّك فِي الوَرْشَة. I thought you were at the workshop.
  • النَّاس هَتِفْتِكِر آخِر كِلْمَة. People will remember the last word.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.