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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَقَل

to move, to transfer, to copy

  • #291 most used
  • Regular verb
  • Active participle: نَاقِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَmove! (to a man)
إِنْتِmove! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوmove! (to several people)

How to use نَقَل

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

  1. Present

    بَنْقِل الصُّوَر مِن المُوبَايْل لِلكُمْبْيُوتَر كُلّ شَهْر.

    I copy the photos from my phone to the computer every month.

  2. Past

    نَقَلْت العَفْش بِعَرَبِيَّة نَقْل كِبِيرَة.

    I moved the furniture in a big truck.

  3. Future

    الشِّرْكَة هَتِنْقِل كَرِيم لِفَرْع إِسْكِنْدِرِيَّة.

    The company will transfer Karim to the Alexandria branch.

  4. After want, must and can

    لاَزِم أَنْقِل الأَرْقَام لِلمُوبَايْل الجِدِيد.

    I have to transfer the numbers to the new phone.

  5. Commands

    اِنْقِل الكَرَاسِي لِلبَلَكُونَة لَوْ سَمَحْت.

    Move the chairs to the balcony, please.

Good to know

  • نَقَل is to move things, نَقَل العَفْش, to copy, نَقَل الصُّوَر, and to transfer someone at work; a truck is عَرَبِيَّة نَقْل.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.