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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

لَخْبَط

to mix up, to mess up

  • #436 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmix up! (to a man)
إِنْتِmix up! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmix up! (to several people)

How to use لَخْبَط

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

  1. Present

    كَرِيم بِيلَخْبَط الأَسَامِي عَلَى طُول.

    Karim always mixes up the names.

  2. Past

    القُطَّة لَخْبَطِت الوَرَق كُلُّه عَلَى المَكْتَب.

    The cat messed up all the papers on the desk.

  3. Future

    الكَلاَم دَه هَيْلَخْبَط العِيَال خَالِص.

    This talk will really confuse the kids.

  4. After want, must and can

    مِش عَايِز أَلَخْبَط الصُّوَر تَانِي.

    I don't want to mix up the photos again.

  5. Commands

    مَتْلَخْبَطْش الهُدُوم فِي الدُّولاَب, يَا كَرِيم.

    Don't mess up the clothes in the wardrobe, Karim.

Good to know

  • لَخْبَط is to mix things up or make a mess of them; to get confused yourself is اِتْلَخْبَط.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.