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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْنَفِّس

to breathe

  • #452 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَbreathe! (to a man)
إِنْتِbreathe! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوbreathe! (to several people)

How to use اِتْنَفِّس

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

  1. Present

    بَتْنَفِّس بِالرَّاحَة قَبْل مَا أَتْكَلِّم.

    I breathe slowly before I speak.

  2. Past

    اِتْنَفِّسْت هَوَا نِظِيف فِي الفَيُّوم.

    I breathed clean air in Fayoum.

  3. Future

    فِي البَلَد هَتِتْنَفِّس بِرَاحْتَك.

    In the village you will breathe freely.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش قَادِر أَتْنَفِّس فِي الزَّحْمَة دِي.

    I cannot breathe in this crowd.

  5. Commands

    اِتْنَفِّس بِالرَّاحَة, كُلّ حَاجَة هَتِبْقَى كْوَيِّسَة.

    Breathe slowly, everything will be fine.

Good to know

  • اِتْنَفِّس بِالرَّاحَة, breathe slowly, is what you tell someone who is upset; a breath is نَفَس.

Where you hear اِتْنَفِّس

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • البِيت القَدِيم بِيِتْنَفِّس مِن الشِّبَّاك. The old house breathes through the window.
  • اِتْنَفِّسْت بِالرَّاحَة بَعْد الشُّغْل. I breathed easy after work.
  • هَتِتْنَفِّس هَوَا نِظِيف فِي البَلَد. You'll breathe clean air in the village.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.