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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

كَشَف

to examine (a patient), to find out

  • #454 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: كَاشِف

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَexamine! (to a man)
إِنْتِexamine! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوexamine! (to several people)

How to use كَشَف

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

  1. Present

    الدُّكْتُور بِيِكْشِف عَلَى العَيَّانِين الصُّبْح بَسّ.

    The doctor sees patients in the morning only.

  2. Past

    الدُّكْتُورَة كَشَفِت عَلَى تِيتَة وِقَالِت بَرْد.

    The doctor examined Grandma and said it's a cold.

  3. Future

    هَنِكْشِف السِّعْر الحَقِيقِي بَعْد مَا نِسْأَل.

    We'll find out the real price after we ask.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم دُكْتُور يِكْشِف عَلَى رِجْلَك.

    A doctor has to look at your leg.

  5. Commands

    اِكْشِف عَنْد دُكْتُور كْوَيِّس, يَا كَرِيم.

    Go and see a good doctor, Karim.

Good to know

  • كَشَف عَلَى is what a doctor does to a patient, الدُّكْتُور كَشَف عَلَيَّ; a check-up is كَشْف, and كَشَف عَنْد دُكْتُور is to go and see one.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.