انا خدت القرار.

In Egyptian Arabic, انا is not required because the verb خدت already tells you the subject is I.

So both are possible:

• انا خدت القرار = I made/took the decision
• خدت القرار = also I made/took the decision

Adding انا usually gives a little more emphasis or clarity, similar to saying I made the decision.

Because this sentence is in Egyptian Arabic, not Modern Standard Arabic.

• Standard Arabic: أخذتُ القرار
• Egyptian Arabic: خدت القرار

In Egyptian, many words are shortened or pronounced differently from Standard Arabic. The verb أخذ becomes خد in everyday speech, so I took becomes خدت.

You may also sometimes see أخدت written for Egyptian, but خدت is very common in actual speech.

Literally, خدت means I took.

But in this sentence, Arabic uses take the decision where English usually says make the decision.

So:

• literal meaning: I took the decision
• natural English meaning: I made the decision

This is a very normal Arabic expression.

A useful rough pronunciation is:

• khadt el-'arār

Notes:

• خ = a throaty kh sound, like the ch in Scottish loch
• دت in خدت sounds like -dt
• ال is usually pronounced el in Egyptian
• ق in القرار is often pronounced as a glottal stop in Egyptian, so قرار often sounds like 'arār

So the whole sentence is commonly pronounced:

• ana khadt el-'arār

Some speakers may pronounce ق more like q in careful or formal speech, but the glottal-stop pronunciation is very common in Egyptian Arabic.

القرار means the decision.

The prefix الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• قرار = a decision / decision
• القرار = the decision

In this sentence, the meaning is usually the decision, referring to a specific decision.

Yes, it sounds natural.

Using take with decision is normal in Arabic, so خدت القرار is a natural way to express I made the decision.

Depending on context, Egyptians might also say things like:

• قررت = I decided
• انا اللي خدت القرار = I’m the one who made the decision

But انا خدت القرار is perfectly normal.

No. In the first person singular (I), the verb is the same for both men and women.

So both a man and a woman say:

• انا خدت القرار

This is different from he and she, where the forms do change.

خدت is in the past tense.

It means:

• I took
• or in this sentence, more naturally, I made / I decided

So انا خدت القرار refers to a completed action in the past: the decision has already been made.

Yes, depending on context, that is often the most natural English translation.

Even though the structure is literally I took the decision, English speakers will often translate it as:

• I decided
• I made the decision

If the sentence emphasizes responsibility or authority, I made the decision may fit better.

Not completely.

The basic sentence can be:

• انا خدت القرار
• خدت القرار

If you want stronger emphasis on I, you can keep انا.

Arabic word order is flexible, but in everyday Egyptian, this pronoun + verb pattern is very common and natural.

You can add emphasis in a few ways, for example:

• انا خدت القرار = I made the decision
• انا اللي خدت القرار = I’m the one who made the decision

The second version is stronger and more explicit. It is useful when contrasting yourself with someone else.

قرار is masculine.

In this sentence, that does not change the form of خدت, because the verb here is conjugated for I, not for the object.

It matters more in places like adjectives or pronouns referring back to decision.

Yes. A very common alternative is:

• انا قررت = I decided

The difference is roughly:

• خدت القرار = I made/took the decision
• قررت = I decided

Both are common. خدت القرار can feel a little more concrete or emphatic, especially when talking about a specific decision.