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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِحْتَفَل

to celebrate

  • #347 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَcelebrate! (to a man)
إِنْتِcelebrate! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوcelebrate! (to several people)

How to use اِحْتَفَل

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

  1. Present

    بِنِحْتِفِل بِعِيد مِيلاَد تِيتَة كُلّ سَنَة.

    We celebrate Grandma's birthday every year.

  2. Past

    اِحْتَفَلْنَا بِنَجَاح سَيِّد فِي البِيت.

    We celebrated Sayed's passing his exams at home.

  3. Future

    هَنِحْتِفِل بِالعِيد عَنْد عَمّ مَحْمُود.

    We'll celebrate the feast at Uncle Mahmoud's.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَحْتِفِل بِالشُّغْل الجِدِيد مَعَاكُم.

    I want to celebrate the new job with you.

  5. Commands

    اِحْتِفِلُوا مِن غِيرِي, أَنَا تَعْبَان.

    Celebrate without me, I'm tired.

Good to know

  • اِحْتَفَل بِ is to celebrate something, عِيد مِيلاَد, a birthday; the party itself is حَفْلَة, and a wedding فَرَح.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.