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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

كَبَّر

to make bigger, to enlarge

  • #483 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmake bigger! (to a man)
إِنْتِmake bigger! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmake bigger! (to several people)

How to use كَبَّر

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

  1. Present

    بِنْكَبَّر الصُّورَة قَبْل مَا نِطْبَعْهَا.

    We make the photo bigger before we print it.

  2. Past

    كَبَّرْت الخَطّ عَشَان تِيتَة تِقْرَا.

    I made the font bigger so Grandma can read.

  3. Future

    هَنْكَبَّر الشِّبَّاك فِي المَطْبَخ.

    We'll make the kitchen window bigger.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِكَبَّر الصُّوت شُوَيَّة?

    Can you turn the volume up a little?

  5. Commands

    كَبَّرِي الخَرِيطَة عَلَى المُوبَايْل.

    Make the map bigger on the phone.

Good to know

  • كَبَّر الصُّوت is to turn the volume up; its opposite is صَغَّر.

Where you hear كَبَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • بِنْكَبَّر الفَرَح لِلعِيلَة كُلَّهَا. We make the wedding big for the whole family.
  • كَبَّرْنَا الصُّورَة لِلفَرَح. We enlarged the photo for the wedding.
  • هَاكَبَّر الشِّبَّاك فِي الرَّسْم. I'll make the window bigger in the drawing.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.