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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْغَيَّر

to change (by itself)

  • #149 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَchange! (to a man)
إِنْتِchange! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوchange! (to several people)

How to use اِتْغَيَّر

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

  1. Present

    الجَوّ بِيِتْغَيَّر بِسُرْعَة فِي الخَرِيف.

    The weather changes quickly in autumn.

  2. Past

    الحَيّ اِتْغَيَّر كِتِير مِن سَاعِة مَا سَافِرْت.

    The neighbourhood has changed a lot since I left.

  3. Future

    مَفِيش حَاجَة هَتِتْغَيَّر لَوْ سِكِتْنَا.

    Nothing will change if we keep quiet.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز حَاجَة تِتْغَيَّر فِي البِيت دَه.

    I do not want anything to change in this house.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتْغَيَّرْش, إِنْتَ كْوَيِّس كِدَه.

    Do not change, you are fine as you are.

Good to know

  • اِتْغَيَّر is what changes on its own; to change something is غَيَّر: غَيَّرْت الفِلْتَر, I changed the filter.

Where you hear اِتْغَيَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • المَمَرّ بِيِتْغَيَّر كُلّ سَنَة. The passage changes every year.
  • وِسْط البَلَد اِتْغَيَّر كِتِير. Downtown has changed a lot.
  • القَهْوَة مِش هَتِتْغَيَّر, يَا زِيزُو. The cafe won't change, Zizo.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 3

  • المَمَرّ بِيِتْغَيَّر كُلّ سَنَة. The passage changes every year.
  • وِسْط البَلَد اِتْغَيَّر كِتِير. Downtown has changed a lot.
  • القَهْوَة مِش هَتِتْغَيَّر, يَا زِيزُو. The cafe won't change, Zizo.
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Look, the thing is

Fluency Level 1 · المَمَرّ بِيِتْغَيَّر

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Layla's First Wish

Fluency Level 3 · هِيَّ سِتّ, الآخِر بِيِتْغَيَّر.

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The Parents Arrive

Fluency Level 3 · مَامَا بِتْقُول تِيتَة مَتْغَيَّرِتْش. · قُول لَهَا اِتْغَيَّرْت, عَنْدِي تِسْعِين.

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