Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI scare | ||
| إِنْتَyou scare (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou scare (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe scares | ||
| هِيَّshe scares | ||
| إِحْنَاwe scare | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all scare | ||
| هُمَّthey scare |
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI scared | ||
| إِنْتَyou scared (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou scared (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe scared | ||
| هِيَّshe scared | ||
| إِحْنَاwe scared | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all scared | ||
| هُمَّthey scared |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will scare | ||
| إِنْتَyou will scare (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will scare (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will scare | ||
| هِيَّshe will scare | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will scare | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will scare | ||
| هُمَّthey will scare |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I scare | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you scare (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you scare (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he scares | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she scares | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we scare | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all scare | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they scare |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَscare! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِscare! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوscare! (to several people) |
How to use خَوَّف
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
الفِيلْم دَه بِيخَوَّف الوِلاَد.
This film scares the kids.
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Past
القُطَّة خَوَّفِتْنِي فِي الضَّلْمَة.
The cat scared me in the dark.
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Future
الكَلْب دَه هَيْخَوَّف تِيتَة, شِيلُه مِن هِنَا.
This dog will scare Grandma, take it away from here.
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After want, must and can
مِش عَايِز أَخَوَّف حَدّ بِالحِكَايَة دِي.
I don't want to scare anyone with this story.
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Commands
مَتْخَوَّفْش أُخْتَك, يَا سَيِّد.
Don't scare your sister, Sayed.
Good to know
- خَوَّف is to make someone afraid, خَاف is to be afraid; a scary film is فِيلْم مُخِيف.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.