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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْأَجِّل

to be postponed

  • #370 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Affirmative Negative
أَنَاI am postponed
إِنْتَyou are postponed (to a man)
إِنْتِyou are postponed (to a woman)
هُوَّhe is postponed
هِيَّshe is postponed
إِحْنَاwe are postponed
إِنْتُوyou all are postponed
هُمَّthey are postponed

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْأَجِّل

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

  1. Present

    الدَّرْس بِيِتْأَجِّل كُلّ مَرَّة بِسَبَب المَطَر.

    The lesson gets postponed every time because of the rain.

  2. Past

    فَرَح سَلْمَى اِتْأَجِّل لِلصِّيف.

    Salma's wedding was postponed to the summer.

  3. Future

    الرِّحْلَة هَتِتْأَجِّل لَوْ الجَوّ وِحِش.

    The trip will be postponed if the weather is bad.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز الاِمْتِحَان يِتْأَجِّل تَانِي.

    I don't want the exam to be postponed again.

Good to know

  • Things get postponed, not people: المَاتْش اِتْأَجِّل, the match was postponed; مِتْأَجِّل is postponed, as a description.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.