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EGYPTIAN ARABIC VERB

طَلَّق

to divorce

  • #296 most used
  • Regular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

المَاضِي · finished actions (كَتَبْت, كَتَب)

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

Future

المُسْتَقْبَل · plans: the ha- forms (هَاكْتِب)

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

After want, must and can

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

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

Commands

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

Form Affirmative Negative
إِنْتَdivorce! (to a man)
إِنْتِdivorce! (to a woman)
إِنْتُوdivorce! (to several people)

How to use طَلَّق

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

  1. Present

    جَارْنَا بِيطَلَّق مِرَاتُه بَعْد عِشْرِين سَنَة.

    Our neighbour is divorcing his wife after twenty years.

  2. Past

    اِبْن عَمّ مَحْمُود طَلَّق مِرَاتُه السَّنَة اللِّي فَاتِت.

    Uncle Mahmoud's son divorced his wife last year.

  3. Future

    هُوَّ مِش هَيْطَلَّقْهَا, بِيحِبَّهَا.

    He won't divorce her, he loves her.

  4. After want, must and can

    مُمْكِن يِطَلَّق لَوْ الخِنَاق كَمَّل كِدَه.

    He may divorce if the fighting goes on like this.

  5. Commands

    مَتْطَلَّقْش عَلَى حَاجَة صُغَيَّرَة, يَا اِبْنِي.

    Don't get a divorce over something small, son.

Good to know

  • The husband طَلَّق, the wife اِتْطَلَّقِت; a divorced man is مِطَلَّق, a divorced woman مِطَلَّقَة, and the divorce itself طَلاَق.

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