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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

خَطَّى

to step over

  • #494 most used
  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَstep over! (to a man)
إِنْتِstep over! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوstep over! (to several people)

How to use خَطَّى

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

  1. Present

    بَخَطِّي عَلَى العَتَبَة بِرِجْلِي اليِمِين.

    I step over the threshold with my right foot.

  2. Past

    خَطِّيت عَلَى المَيَّة فِي الشَّارِع.

    I stepped over the water in the street.

  3. Future

    الأُمّ هَتِخَطِّي عَلَى البِيبِي سَبَع مَرَّات.

    The mother will step over the baby seven times.

  4. After want, must and can

    خَلِّي بَالَك, لاَزِم تِخَطِّي عَلَى السِّلْك.

    Watch out, you have to step over the wire.

  5. Commands

    خَطِّي عَلَى الحَبْل, يَا كَرِيم, بِالرَّاحَة.

    Step over the rope, Karim, slowly.

Good to know

  • خَطَّى عَلَى is to step over something; at a baby's سُبُوع the mother steps over the sieve seven times.

Where you hear خَطَّى

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 3

  • بَاخَطِّي عَلَى المُنْخُل سَبَع مَرَّات. I step over the sieve seven times.
  • أُمَّك خَطِّت عَلِيك فِي السُّبُوع بِتَاعَك. Your mother stepped over you at your seventh-day party.
  • هَاخَطِّي عَلَى الشَّنْطَة, هِيَّ فِي الطَّرِيق. I'll step over the bag, it's in the way.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.