EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْفَضَّل

to go ahead, to help oneself (please, come in, here you are)

Conjugation

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

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

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

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

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

Form	Affirmative	Negative
إِنْتَgo ahead! (to a man)
إِنْتِgo ahead! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوgo ahead! (to several people)

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

Present

الضِّيف بِيِتْفَضَّل الأَوِّل عَنْدِنَا.

At our place the guest goes first.
Past

اِتْفَضَّلْت وِقَعَدْت جَنْب عَمّ مَحْمُود.

I went ahead and sat down next to Uncle Mahmoud.
Future

هَتِتْفَضَّل تِشْرَب شَاي مَعَانَا?

Will you have some tea with us?
After want, must and can

لاَزِم تِتْفَضَّل الأَوِّل, إِنْتَ الضِّيف.

You have to go first, you're the guest.
Commands

اِتْفَضَّل, البِيت بِيتَك.

Come in, make yourself at home.

The imperative does most of the work: اِتْفَضَّل is please come in, please sit down, here you are, after you; to a woman اِتْفَضَّلِي, to several people اِتْفَضَّلُوا.