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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِخْتَفَى

to disappear

  • #383 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَdisappear! (to a man)
إِنْتِdisappear! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوdisappear! (to several people)

How to use اِخْتَفَى

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

  1. Present

    المَفَاتِيح بِتِخْتِفِي كُلّ مَا أَكُون مِسْتَعْجِل.

    The keys disappear whenever I'm in a hurry.

  2. Past

    القُطَّة اِخْتَفِت مِن الصُّبْح.

    The cat has been gone since this morning.

  3. Future

    الزَّحْمَة هَتِخْتِفِي بَعْد السَّاعَة عَشَرَة.

    The traffic will disappear after ten.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش مُمْكِن الشَّنْطَة تِخْتِفِي كِدَه!

    The bag can't just disappear like that!

  5. Commands

    مَتِخْتِفِيش تَانِي كِدَه, كَلِّمْنِي.

    Don't disappear like that again, call me.

Good to know

  • اِخْتَفَى is said of things that vanish and of people who stop showing up.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.