“Crawl” (future) (verb) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Crawl” (the verb, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) Bzahif

(You) (m) Zahif

(You) (f) Zahfe

(You, plural) Zahfo

(He) Bizahif

(She) Betzahif

(We) Menzahif

(They) Bizahfo

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

بزحيف (I)

زحيف (m) (You)

زحفي (f) (You)

زحفو (You, plural)

بيزحيف (He)

بتزحيف (She)

منزحيف (We)

بيزحفو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Humans crawl before they walk.”

2al bashar bizahfo abel ma yemsho.

.ألبشر بيزحفو أبلمايمشو

 
“I will crawl across the room and get it.”

Rah zahif had 2al 2ouda 2ou 2ekheda.

.راح زحيف حاد ألقودا قو أخدا

 
“I can crawl through.”

Fina zahif jouwa.

.فيني زحيف جوا

 
(a tight passage) “Can you crawl through?”

(m) Fik tzahif jouwa?

(f) Fike tzahfe jouwa?

فيك تزحيف جوا؟ (m)

فيكي تزحفي جوا؟ (f)

 
“Do you think you two can crawl through the hole?”

2ento naynetkon betfakro 2eno fikon tzahfo bel fatha?

أنتو نايننيتكون بتفكرو فيكون تزاحفو بلفاتحا؟

 
(a baby) “He is about to crawl!”

Bado yizahif!

!بادو يزاحيف

 
(a baby) “I think she is about to crawl!”

Bada tzahif!

!بادا تزاحيف

 
“We can crawl through the hole.”

Fina nzahif bi 2alb 2al fatha.

.فينا نزاحيف بيألب ألفاتحا

 
“They are going to crawl through the hole.”

Badon yizahfo men 2al fatha.

.بادون يزاحفو من ألفاتحا