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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِسْتَفَاد

to benefit, to gain

  • #342 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbenefit! (to a man)
إِنْتِbenefit! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbenefit! (to several people)

How to use اِسْتَفَاد

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

  1. Present

    بَسْتَفِيد مِن كُلّ دَرْس عَرَبِي.

    I get something out of every Arabic lesson.

  2. Past

    اِسْتَفَدْت كِتِير مِن كَلاَم عَمّ مَحْمُود.

    I gained a lot from Uncle Mahmoud's words.

  3. Future

    هَتِسْتَفِيد مِن الشُّغْل دَه حَتَّى لَوْ صَعْب.

    You'll gain from this job even if it's hard.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم نِسْتَفِيد مِن الوَقْت قَبْل الصِّيف.

    We have to make use of the time before summer.

  5. Commands

    اِسْتَفِيد مِن الفُرْصَة دِي, مِش هَتِتْكَرَّر.

    Make use of this chance, it won't come again.

Good to know

  • اِسْتَفَاد مِن is to get something out of, to make use of; فَايْدَة is the benefit, and مَفِيش فَايْدَة means it's no use.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.