اشْتَغَل
to work, to operate · imperfect yishtghel · pattern class 25 · tap the verb to hear it
Past
| ana | ishtaghalt | اشتغلت |
| inta | ishtaghalt | اشتغلت |
| inti | ishtaghalti | اشتغلتي |
| huwwe | ishtaghal | اشتغل |
| hiyye | ishtaghlat | اشتغلت |
| i7na | ishtaghalna | اشتغلنا |
| intu | ishtaghaltu | اشتغلتو |
| humme | ishtaghalu | اشتغلو |
Present
The everyday b- form.
| ana | bashtghel | بشتغل |
| inta | btishtghel | بتشتغل |
| inti | btishtighli | بتشتغلي |
| huwwe | bishtghel | بشتغل |
| hiyye | btishtghel | بتشتغل |
| i7na | mnishtghel | منشتغل |
| intu | btishtighlu | بتشتغلو |
| humme | bishtighlu | بشتغلو |
Subjunctive
After bidd- (want to), 3ashaan (in order to), lamma (when).
| ana | 'ashtghel | أشتغل |
| inta | tishtghel | تشتغل |
| inti | tishtighli | تشتغلي |
| huwwe | yishtghel | يشتغل |
| hiyye | tishtghel | تشتغل |
| i7na | nishtghel | نشتغل |
| intu | tishtighlu | تشتغلو |
| humme | yishtighlu | يشتغلو |
Imperative
| inta | ishtghel | اشتغل |
| inti | ishtighli | اشتغلي |
| intu | ishtighlu | اشتغلو |
Spoken paradigms, not MSA: these are the forms from the Speaking Arabic verb tables, the way they're said in Palestine. Arabic spellings of conjugated forms are conventional; the dialect has no official orthography. Want any word converted between spellings? Use the transliteration converter.