Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI hide | ||
| إِنْتَyou hide (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou hide (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe hides | ||
| هِيَّshe hides | ||
| إِحْنَاwe hide | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all hide | ||
| هُمَّthey hide |
EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB
اِسْتَخَبَّى
to hide (oneself)
- #490 most used
- Regular verb
- Active participle: مِسْتَخَبِّي
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI hid | ||
| إِنْتَyou hid (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou hid (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe hid | ||
| هِيَّshe hid | ||
| إِحْنَاwe hid | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all hid | ||
| هُمَّthey hid |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will hide | ||
| إِنْتَyou will hide (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will hide (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will hide | ||
| هِيَّshe will hide | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will hide | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will hide | ||
| هُمَّthey will hide |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I hide | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you hide (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you hide (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he hides | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she hides | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we hide | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all hide | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they hide |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَhide! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِhide! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوhide! (to several people) |
How to use اِسْتَخَبَّى
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
القُطَّة بِتِسْتَخَبَّى تَحْت السِّرِير لَمَّا تِخَاف.
The cat hides under the bed when it's scared.
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Past
العِيَال اِسْتَخَبُّوا وَرَا الشَّجَرَة.
The kids hid behind the tree.
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Future
هَاسْتَخَبَّى هِنَا وِإِنْتَ تِدَوَّر عَلَيَّ.
I'll hide here and you look for me.
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After want, must and can
مِش لاَزِم تِسْتَخَبَّى مِن المُشْكِلَة.
You mustn't hide from the problem.
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Commands
اِسْتَخَبُّوا بِسُرْعَة, كَرِيم جَايّ!
Hide quickly, Karim is coming!
Good to know
- اِسْتَخَبَّى is to hide yourself, مِن someone or وَرَا something; to hide a thing is خَبَّى.
Where you hear اِسْتَخَبَّى
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3
- لَيْلَى بِتِسْتَخَبَّى وَرَا البَاب كُلّ مَرَّة. Layla hides behind the door every time.
- تِيتَة اِسْتَخَبِّت مِن الكَامِيرَا. Grandma hid from the camera.
- مِش هَاسْتَخَبَّى, هَاقُول الكِلْمَة قُدَّام الكُلّ. I won't hide, I'll say the word in front of everyone.
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