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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

خِسِر

to lose

  • #270 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: خَاسِر

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَlose! (to a man)
إِنْتِlose! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوlose! (to several people)

How to use خِسِر

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

  1. Present

    بَخْسَر كُلّ مَرَّة أَلْعَب مَعَ تِيتَة.

    I lose every time I play with Grandma.

  2. Past

    خِسِرْنَا المَاتْش بِجُون وَاحِد.

    We lost the match by one goal.

  3. Future

    لَوْ لِعِبْت كِدَه هَتِخْسَر تَانِي.

    If you play like that you will lose again.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايْزَة أَخْسَر فُلُوسِي فِي المَشْرُوع دَه.

    I do not want to lose my money on this project.

  5. Commands

    مَتِخْسَرْش وَقْتَك فِي الكَلاَم مَعَاه.

    Do not waste your time talking to him.

Good to know

  • خِسِر is to lose a game or money; to lose a thing, like your keys, is ضَيَّع.

Where you hear خِسِر

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

Egyptian Arabic · Fluency Level 1

  • الأَمْرِيكَانِي بِيِخْسَر كُلّ لَيْلَة. The American loses every night.
  • مِن الآخِر, إِنْتَ خْسِرْت. Bottom line, you lost.
  • هَتِخْسَر تَانِي لَوْ لِعِبْت مَع زِيزُو. You'll lose again if you play Zizo.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.