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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْخَيَّل

to imagine

  • #175 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَimagine! (to a man)
إِنْتِimagine! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوimagine! (to several people)

How to use اِتْخَيَّل

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

  1. Present

    بَتْخَيَّل البِيت بَعْد التَّرْمِيم.

    I imagine the house after the restoration.

  2. Past

    اِتْخَيَّلْت إِنّ الطَّرِيق أَقْرَب مِن كِدَه.

    I imagined the road was shorter than this.

  3. Future

    هَتِتْخَيَّل إِنَّك قَاعِد عَلَى البَحْر.

    You will imagine you are sitting by the sea.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش قَادْرَة أَتْخَيَّل القَاهِرَة مِن غِير زَحْمَة.

    I cannot imagine Cairo without traffic.

  5. Commands

    اِتْخَيَّلُوا الأُوضَة دِي بِاللُّون الأَبْيَض.

    Imagine this room in white.

Good to know

  • To imagine that something is so is اِتْخَيَّل إِنّ: اِتْخَيَّلْت إِنَّك مِش جَايّ, I imagined you were not coming.

Where you hear اِتْخَيَّل

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • بَاتْخَيَّل البِيت قَبْل التَّرْمِيم. I imagine the house before the restoration.
  • اِتْخَيَّلْت إِنَّك هَتِتْأَخَّر. I imagined you would be late.
  • هَاتْخَيَّل إِنِّي فِي شِيكَاغُو. I'll imagine I'm in Chicago.

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