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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

كِرِه

to hate

  • #340 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: كَارِه

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَhate! (to a man)
إِنْتِhate! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوhate! (to several people)

How to use كِرِه

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

  1. Present

    بَكْرَه الزَّحْمَة فِي وِسْط البَلَد.

    I hate the traffic downtown.

  2. Past

    كِرِهْت الحَرّ فِي أَغُسْطُس.

    I hated the heat in August.

  3. Future

    مِش هَتِكْرَه الكُشَرِي, صَدَّقْنِي.

    You won't hate koshary, believe me.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز أَكْرَه شُغْلِي.

    I don't want to hate my job.

  5. Commands

    مَتِكْرَهْش المَدِينَة مِن أَوِّل يُوم.

    Don't hate the city from the first day.

Where you hear كِرِه

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

Egyptian Arabic · Intermediate Level 1

  • بَاكْرَه الزَّحْمَة فِي القَاهِرَة. I hate the traffic in Cairo.
  • كِرِهْت المَعَابِد وَأَنَا صُغَيَّرَة. I hated the temples when I was little.
  • هَاكْرَه الشِّتَا فِي شِيكَاغُو بَعْد مَصْر. I'll hate the winter in Chicago after Egypt.

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