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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

خَلَّف

to have children

  • #298 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَhave children! (to a man)
إِنْتِhave children! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوhave children! (to several people)

How to use خَلَّف

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

  1. Present

    النَّاس فِي البَلَد بِتْخَلَّف كِتِير.

    People in the countryside have a lot of children.

  2. Past

    أُخْتِي خَلَّفِت تَوْأَم السَّنَة دِي.

    My sister had twins this year.

  3. Future

    هَنْخَلَّف بَعْد مَا نِشْتِرِي شَقَّة.

    We'll have children after we buy a flat.

  4. After want, must and can

    عَايْزِين يِخَلَّفُوا بَسّ الشَّقَّة صُغَيَّرَة.

    They want to have children but the flat is small.

  5. Commands

    خَلَّفُوا بَقَى, أَنَا عَايْزَة أَشُوف أَحْفَادِي.

    Have kids already, I want to see my grandchildren.

Good to know

  • خَلَّف وَلَد is to have a boy, خَلَّف بِنْت a girl; the children, as a group, are الخِلْفَة.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.