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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْفَرَّج

to look around, to watch

  • #210 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَlook around! (to a man)
إِنْتِlook around! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوlook around! (to several people)

How to use اِتْفَرَّج

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

  1. Present

    بَتْفَرَّج عَلَى الكُورَة كُلّ جُمْعَة.

    I watch the football every Friday.

  2. Past

    اِتْفَرَّجْنَا عَلَى فِيلْم قَدِيم إِمْبَارِح.

    We watched an old film yesterday.

  3. Future

    هَنِتْفَرَّج عَلَى الأَهْرَامَات مِن فُوق.

    We'll look at the pyramids from above.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزَة أَتْفَرَّج عَلَى المَحَلاَّت بَسّ.

    I just want to look around the shops.

  5. Commands

    اِتْفَرَّج عَلَى الفِيلْم دَه, حِلْو.

    Watch this film, it's good.

Good to know

  • اِتْفَرَّج عَلَى is to watch or look at something: اِتْفَرَّجْت عَلَى الفِيلْم.

Where you hear اِتْفَرَّج

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • بَتْفَرَّج عَلَى البُيُوت القَدِيمَة. I look at the old houses.
  • اِتْفَرَّجْنَا عَلَى الخَان كُلُّه. We looked around the whole Khan.
  • هَتْفَرَّج بَسّ, مِش هَشْتِرِي. I will just look, I will not buy.

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