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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْلَخْبَط

to get confused, to get mixed up

  • #435 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: مِتْلَخْبَط

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَget confused! (to a man)
إِنْتِget confused! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوget confused! (to several people)

How to use اِتْلَخْبَط

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

  1. Present

    بَتْلَخْبَط فِي أَسَامِي الشَّوَارِع هِنَا.

    I get the street names here mixed up.

  2. Past

    اِتْلَخْبَطْت وِنِزِلْت فِي المَحَطَّة الغَلَط.

    I got confused and got off at the wrong station.

  3. Future

    لَوْ كَلِّمْتُه بِسُرْعَة, كَرِيم هَيِتْلَخْبَط.

    If you talk to him fast, Karim will get confused.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَتْلَخْبَط فِي الاِمْتِحَان.

    I don't want to get confused in the exam.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتْلَخْبَطْش, يَا سَلْمَى, الطَّرِيق سَهْل خَالِص.

    Don't get confused, Salma, the road is really easy.

Good to know

  • For I'm confused Egyptians say the participle, أَنَا مِتْلَخْبَط; a woman says مِتْلَخْبَطَة.
  • اِتْلَخْبَط فِي is to get mixed up about something: اِتْلَخْبَطْت فِي المَوَاعِيد, I got the times mixed up.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.