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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْحَفَظ

to be kept, to be preserved

  • #326 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْحَفَظ

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

  1. Present

    الجِبْنَة بِتِتْحَفَظ فِي التَّلاَّجَة.

    The cheese is kept in the fridge.

  2. Past

    صُوَر جِدِّي اِتْحَفَظِت فِي عِلْبَة قَدِيمَة.

    My grandfather's pictures were kept in an old box.

  3. Future

    الفِيلْم هَيِتْحَفَظ عَلَى الكُومْبْيُوتَر.

    The film will be kept on the computer.

  4. After want, must and can

    اللَّحْمَة لاَزِم تِتْحَفَظ فِي الفِرِيزَر.

    The meat has to be kept in the freezer.

Good to know

  • اِتْحَفَظ is the passive of حَفَظ, to keep, which is also to memorize.

Where you hear اِتْحَفَظ

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 2

  • الصُّوَر بِتِتْحَفَظ عَلَى اللاَّبْتُوب. The pictures are kept on the laptop.
  • الشُّبَّاك اِتْحَفَظ هِنَا تَلَاتِين سَنَة. The window was kept here thirty years.
  • البَاب القَدِيم هَيِتْحَفَظ فِي الوَرْشَة. The old door will be kept at the workshop.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.