Skip to content
fluentbyear

EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

خَرّ

to leak, to drip

  • #227 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: خَارِر

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

How to use خَرّ

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

  1. Present

    الحَنَفِيَّة بِتْخُرّ مِن يُومِين.

    The tap has been dripping for two days.

  2. Past

    السَّقْف خَرّ طُول اللِّيل مِن المَطَرَة.

    The roof leaked all night from the rain.

  3. Future

    المَوَاسِير هَتْخُرّ تَانِي لَوْ مَصَلَّحْنَاهَاش.

    The pipes will leak again if we don't fix them.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز السَّقْف يِخُرّ عَلَى العَفْش.

    I don't want the roof to leak on the furniture.

Where you hear خَرّ

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • السَّقْف بِيِخُرّ كُلّ شِتَا. The roof leaks every winter.
  • الحَنَفِيَّة خَرِّت طُول اللِّيل. The tap dripped all night.
  • لَوْ مَفَتَحْنَاه, السَّقْف هَيِخُرّ تَانِي. If we don't open it, the roof will leak again.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.