Present
المُضَارِع · now and habits: the b- forms (بَكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI clean | ||
| إِنْتَyou clean (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou clean (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cleans | ||
| هِيَّshe cleans | ||
| إِحْنَاwe clean | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all clean | ||
| هُمَّthey clean |
Conjugation
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Past
المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI cleaned | ||
| إِنْتَyou cleaned (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou cleaned (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe cleaned | ||
| هِيَّshe cleaned | ||
| إِحْنَاwe cleaned | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all cleaned | ||
| هُمَّthey cleaned |
Future
المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَاI will clean | ||
| إِنْتَyou will clean (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِyou will clean (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّhe will clean | ||
| هِيَّshe will clean | ||
| إِحْنَاwe will clean | ||
| إِنْتُوyou all will clean | ||
| هُمَّthey will clean |
After want, must and can
المُضَارِع المُجَرَّد · the bare present (عَايِز أَكْتِب, لاَزِم تِكْتِب)
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| أَنَا(that) I clean | ||
| إِنْتَ(that) you clean (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِ(that) you clean (to a woman) | ||
| هُوَّ(that) he cleans | ||
| هِيَّ(that) she cleans | ||
| إِحْنَا(that) we clean | ||
| إِنْتُو(that) you all clean | ||
| هُمَّ(that) they clean |
Commands
الأَمْر · to a man, a woman and several people, and don’t
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| إِنْتَclean! (to a man) | ||
| إِنْتِclean! (to a woman) | ||
| إِنْتُوclean! (to several people) |
How to use نَظَّف
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
بَنَظَّف المَطْبَخ كُلّ يُوم بَعْد العَشَا.
I clean the kitchen every day after dinner.
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Past
نَظَّفْت الأُوضَة قَبْل مَا الضُّيُوف يِيجُوا.
I cleaned the room before the guests came.
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Future
هَنْنَظَّف البَلَكُونَة يُوم الجُمْعَة.
We'll clean the balcony on Friday.
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After want, must and can
لاَزِم أَنَظَّف العَرَبِيَّة, مَلْيَانَة تُرَاب.
I have to clean the car, it's full of dust.
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Commands
نَظَّف التَّرَابِيزَة بَعْد الأَكْل, يَا كَرِيم.
Clean the table after the meal, Karim.
Good to know
- نَظَّف is to clean a thing or a place; نِظِيف is clean, and مِش نِظِيف is how you complain politely about a room or a glass.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.