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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

كَتَّر

to increase, to add more

  • #153 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَincrease! (to a man)
إِنْتِincrease! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوincrease! (to several people)

How to use كَتَّر

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

  1. Present

    عَمّ مَحْمُود بِيِكَتَّر السُّكَّر فِي الشَّاي.

    Uncle Mahmoud puts extra sugar in the tea.

  2. Past

    كَتَّرْت المَلْح فِي الأَكْل, آسْفَة.

    I put too much salt in the food, sorry.

  3. Future

    هَاكَتَّر الفُول, الضُّيُوف كِتِير النَّهَارْدَه.

    I'll make more fuul, there are a lot of guests today.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِكَتَّر المَيَّة فِي الشُّرْبَة شُوَيَّة?

    Can you add a little more water to the soup?

  5. Commands

    كَتَّرِي الفُلْفِل شُوَيَّة, يَا تِيتَة.

    Add a bit more pepper, Grandma.

Good to know

  • "كَتَّر خِيرَك", may He increase your good, is the everyday thank you for a favour, and "لاَ, كَتَّر خِيرَك" a polite no more, thank you.

Where you hear كَتَّر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 3

  • رَبِّنَا بِيكَتَّر مِن أَمْثَالَك. May our Lord multiply those like you.
  • كَتَّر خِيرُه, سَاعِدْنِي. Bless him, he helped me.
  • هَكَتَّر السُّكَّر شُوَيَّة. I will add a little more sugar.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.