“Crawled” (past) (verb) in Lebanese Arabic

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

(I) Zahafet

(You) (m) Zahafet

(You) (f) Zahafete

(You, plural) Zahafto

(He) Zahaf

(She) Zahafit

(We) Zahafna

(They) Zahafo

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

زحفت (I)

زحفت (m) (You)

زحفتي (f) (You)

زحفتو (You, plural)

زحف (He)

زحفيت (She)

زحفنا (We)

زحفو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I crawled through the hole to get here.”

Zahafet men 2al fatha la2ousal hon.

.زحفت من ألفاتحا لاقوصال حون

 
“We crawled through.”

Zahafna.

.زاحفنا

 
“When was the last time you two crawled?”

2amtin kenit 2ekhir mara 2ento naynetkon zahafto?

أمتين كانيت أخير مارا أنتو نايناتكو زاحافتو؟

 
“Did you two crawl through the hole?”

2ento naynetkon zahafto men 2al fatha?

أنتو نيناتكون زاحفتو من ألفاتحا؟

 
(in a movie) “He crawled through the sewer!”

Zahaf men 2al jourat!

!زاحاف من ألجورات

 
“My baby crawled for the first time last night!”

Walade zahaf 2awal mara mberih be lel!

!ولدي زاحاف أوال مارا مباريح بل ليل

 
“We needed to crawl as an activity earlier in gym class.”

Kena lezim nzahif ka riyada bi 2alb 2al gym.

.gymكنا لازيم نزحيف كاريادابي ألب أل

 
(in a movie) “They crawled through a sewer.”

Zahafo men 2al joura.

.زاحافو من ألجورا