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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْقَطَع

to tear, to get cut off

  • #142 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْقَطَع

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

  1. Present

    الإِنْتَرْنِت بِيِتْقَطَع كُلّ شُوَيَّة فِي البِيت.

    The internet keeps cutting out at home.

  2. Past

    الخَطّ اِتْقَطَع وِأَنَا بَكَلِّم مَامَا.

    The line cut off while I was talking to Mum.

  3. Future

    الفُسْتَان دَه هَيِتْقَطَع مِن أَوِّل غَسِيل.

    This dress will tear at the first wash.

  4. After want, must and can

    خَلِّي بَالَك, الحَبْل مُمْكِن يِتْقَطَع.

    Careful, the rope could snap.

Good to know

  • Said of the phone line, the power and the water: النُّور اِتْقَطَع is the power went out.

Where you hear اِتْقَطَع

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • الخَطّ بِيِتْقَطَع كُلّ شِوَيَّة. The line keeps cutting off.
  • الوَرَقَة اِتْقَطَعِت فِي إِيدِي. The leaf tore in my hand.
  • القُمَاش دَه هَيِتْقَطَع بِسُرْعَة. This fabric will tear quickly.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.