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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

شَال

to carry, to lift, to take away

  • #65 most used
  • Irregular verb
  • Active participle: شَايِل

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَcarry! (to a man)
إِنْتِcarry! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوcarry! (to several people)

How to use شَال

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

  1. Present

    بَشِيل شَنْطَة تِقِيلَة كُلّ يُوم لِلشُّغْل.

    I carry a heavy bag to work every day.

  2. Past

    شِلْت الأَطْبَاق مِن عَلَى التَّرَابِيزَة.

    I took the plates off the table.

  3. Future

    هَاشِيل الشُّنَط, إِنْتِ خُدِي الطِّفْل.

    I'll carry the bags, you take the child.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن تِشِيل الكَرَاسِي مِن هِنَا?

    Can you take the chairs away from here?

  5. Commands

    شِيلِي الصُّورَة دِي مِن الحِيطَة.

    Take this picture off the wall.

Good to know

  • شَايِل is the participle, carrying: أَنَا شَايِل شُنَط, I'm carrying bags.

Where you hear شَال

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

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 1

  • بَاشِيل الكَرَاتِين التِّقِيلَة لِوَحْدِي. I carry the heavy boxes by myself.
  • شِلْت المِرَايَة بِإِيدِي. I carried the mirror with my own hands.
  • هَنْشِيل الكَنَبَة سَوَا. We'll lift the sofa together.

Egyptian Arabic · Advanced Level 2

  • بَاشِيل الكَرَاتِين التِّقِيلَة لِوَحْدِي. I carry the heavy boxes by myself.
  • شِلْت المِرَايَة بِإِيدِي. I carried the mirror with my own hands.
  • هَنْشِيل الكَنَبَة سَوَا. We'll lift the sofa together.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.