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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

نَزِّل

to take down, to bring down

  • #224 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَtake down! (to a man)
إِنْتِtake down! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوtake down! (to several people)

How to use نَزِّل

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

  1. Present

    بَنَزِّل الزِّبَالَة كُلّ يُوم بِاللِّيل.

    I take the rubbish down every night.

  2. Past

    نَزِّلْت الصُّوَر عَلَى المُوبَايْل.

    I downloaded the photos onto the phone.

  3. Future

    هَنْنَزِّل العَفْش بِالأَسَانْسِير بُكْرَة الصُّبْح.

    We'll bring the furniture down in the lift tomorrow morning.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِنَزِّل الشَّنْطَة مِن فُوق?

    Can you bring the bag down from upstairs?

  5. Commands

    نَزِّل الصُّوت شُوَيَّة, التِّلِيفِزْيُون عَالِي.

    Turn the sound down a bit, the TV is loud.

Good to know

  • نَزِّل is also to download: نَزِّل البَرْنَامْج, download the app; and to turn down: نَزِّل الصُّوت.

Where you hear نَزِّل

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • بِتْنَزِّل المِرَايَة كِدَه لِيه? Why are you taking the mirror down like that?
  • نَزِّلْت الكَرَاتِين الفَاضْيَة تَحْت. I took the empty boxes downstairs.
  • هَانَزِّل الشَّنْطَة لِلْعَرَبِيَّة. I'll take the bag down to the car.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • بِتْنَزِّل المِرَايَة كِدَه لِيه? Why are you taking the mirror down like that?
  • نَزِّلْت الكَرَاتِين الفَاضْيَة تَحْت. I took the empty boxes downstairs.
  • هَانَزِّل الشَّنْطَة لِلْعَرَبِيَّة. I'll take the bag down to the car.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: regular verb.