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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

اِتْطَلَّق

to get divorced

  • #297 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

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

How to use اِتْطَلَّق

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

  1. Present

    نَاس كِتِير بِتِتْطَلَّق فِي أَوِّل سَنَة.

    A lot of people get divorced in the first year.

  2. Past

    أُخْتِي اِتْطَلَّقِت وِرِجْعِت تِعِيش مَعَ مَامَا.

    My sister got divorced and went back to live with Mum.

  3. Future

    مِش هَيِتْطَلَّقُوا, هُمَّ بَسّ زَعْلاَنِين.

    They won't get divorced, they're just upset.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَتْطَلَّق, عَايْزَة نِتْكَلِّم.

    I don't want to get divorced, I want us to talk.

  5. Commands

    مَتِتْطَلَّقُوش قَبْل مَا تِتْكَلِّمُوا مَعَ حَدّ.

    Don't get divorced before you talk to someone.

Good to know

  • اِتْطَلَّق مِن is to get divorced from someone, اِتْطَلَّقِت مِن جُوزْهَا; it is said of a man or a woman.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.