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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

كَل

to eat

  • #13 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: وَاكِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَeat! (to a man)
إِنْتِeat! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوeat! (to several people)

How to use كَل

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

  1. Present

    بِنَاكُل الفِطَار السَّاعَة سَبْعَة.

    We eat breakfast at seven.

  2. Past

    كَلْت كُشَرِي وِسْط البَلَد إِمْبَارِح.

    I ate koshary Downtown yesterday.

  3. Future

    هَنَاكُل مَحْشِي عَنْد تِيتَة الجُمْعَة.

    We'll eat stuffed vine leaves at Grandma's on Friday.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايِز آكُل حَاجَة سُخْنَة.

    I want to eat something hot.

  5. Commands

    كُل, يَا لِيُو, الأَكْل هَيِبْرَد.

    Eat, Leo, the food will get cold.

Good to know

  • The I-form of the bare present is آكُل, with a long a: عَايِز آكُل, I want to eat.

Where you hear كَل

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Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 1

  • أَنَا بَاكُل الفِطَار السَّاعَة سَبْعَة. I eat breakfast at seven o'clock.
  • كَلْت مُلُوخِيَّة عَنْد تِيتَة. I ate molokhia at Grandma's.
  • هَنَاكُل كُشَرِي وِسْط البَلَد. We'll eat koshary Downtown.

Egyptian Arabic · Beginner Level 2

  • أَنَا بَاكُل الفِطَار السَّاعَة سَبْعَة. I eat breakfast at seven o'clock.
  • كَلْت مُلُوخِيَّة عَنْد تِيتَة. I ate molokhia at Grandma's.
  • هَنَاكُل كُشَرِي وِسْط البَلَد. We'll eat koshary Downtown.
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Grandma's Table

Beginner Level 1 · بِسْم الله, كُل يَا اِبْنِي!

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The fields

Beginner Level 2 · أَكَلْنَا. · أَكَلْنَا بُرْتُقَان فِي مَصْر.

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The village table

Beginner Level 2 · أَكَلْت يَا لِيُو? · أَكَلْت يَا تِيتَة. · مَأَكَلْتِش. · مَأَكَلْتِش حَاجَة! كُل.

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Colouring Eggs

Beginner Level 2 · يَلَّا نَاكُل وَاحْدَة دِلْوَقْتِي!

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Salted Fish

Beginner Level 2 · لِيُو, النَّهَارْدَه لاَزِم تَاكُل فِسِيخ. · كُلّ النَّاس بِتَاكُل فِسِيخ.

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Leaving Heliopolis

Beginner Level 3 · مَتَاكُلْش مِن الشَّارِع!

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Lunch Break at the Workshop

Beginner Level 3 · يَلَّا نَاكُل فُول عَلَى النَّاصْيَة. · فُول تَانِي? يَلَّا نَاكُل كُشَرِي.

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A Cafe on the Marina

Beginner Level 3 · عُمْرِي مَا كَلْت سَمَك طَازَة كِدَه.

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The Evening Table

Beginner Level 3 · وِعَشَان تَاكُل أَكْل تِيتَا.

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Grandma Knows

Beginner Level 3 · كُل, يَا ابْنِي. المَبْسُوطِين بِيَاكْلُوا كَمَان.

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The Sleeper to Luxor

Intermediate Level 1 · وِأَكَلْت حَاجَة? · وِإِنْتِ, أَكَلْتِ? · أَكَلْت فِي البَيْت, وِمَشْرِبْتِش قَهْوَة.

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The First Evening of Ramadan

Intermediate Level 1 · بِنَاكُل إِمْتَى? · كُل, وِاتْكَلِّم بَعْدِين.

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