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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْكَسَر

to break, to get broken

  • #139 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use اِتْكَسَر

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

  1. Present

    الكُبَّايَات بِتِتْكِسِر بِسُرْعَة فِي المَطْبَخ.

    Glasses break fast in the kitchen.

  2. Past

    شَاشَة المُوبَايْل اِتْكَسَرِت إِمْبَارِح.

    The phone screen broke yesterday.

  3. Future

    الكُرْسِي دَه هَيِتْكِسِر, مَتُقْعُدْش عَلِيه.

    This chair is going to break, don't sit on it.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة الصِّينِيَّة تِتْكِسِر.

    I don't want the tray to get broken.

Good to know

  • It says what happened to the thing: الكُبَّايَة اِتْكَسَرِت, the glass broke; كَسَر is to break something.

Where you hear اِتْكَسَر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • الكُبَّايَات بِتِتْكَسَر كُلّ يَوْم هِنَا. Glasses get broken every day here.
  • كُبَّايْتَيْن اِتْكَسَرُوا فِي المَطْبَخ. Two glasses broke in the kitchen.
  • الصِّينِيَّة هَتِتْكَسَر, خُدْهَا بِإِيدَيْك الاِتْنَيْن. The tray is going to break, take it with both hands.

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • الكُبَّايَات بِتِتْكَسَر كُلّ يَوْم هِنَا. Glasses get broken every day here.
  • كُبَّايْتَيْن اِتْكَسَرُوا فِي المَطْبَخ. Two glasses broke in the kitchen.
  • الصِّينِيَّة هَتِتْكَسَر, خُدْهَا بِإِيدَيْك الاِتْنَيْن. The tray is going to break, take it with both hands.
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The Lights Go Out

Intermediate Level 1 · الكُبَّايَة اِتْكَسَرِت. · صِينِيَّة وِقْعِت وِكُبَّايْتَيْن اِتْكَسَرُوا.

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A Hundred Years Ago

Intermediate Level 1 · وِالبَاب اِتْكَسَر إِمْتَى?

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Oh my white day

Fluency Level 1 · وَلَا كُبَّايَة اِتْكَسَرِت

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