Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I nodded | 'ana harraktaacnaa Harrakt | أنا َ حـَرّ َكت |
| We nodded | 'ihna harraknaiicHnaa Harraknaa | إحنا َ حـَرّ َكنا |
| You(m) nodded | 'inta harraktiicnta Harrakt | إنت َ حـَرّ َكت |
| You(f) nodded | 'inti harraktiiicnti Harrakty | إنت ِ حـَرّ َكتي |
| You(pl) nodded | 'intu harraktuiicntoo Harraktoo | إنتوا حـَرّ َكتوا |
| He/it(m) nodded | huwa harrakhuwa Harrak | هـُو َ حـَرّ َك |
| She/it(f) nodded | hiya harrakithiya Harrakit | هـِي َ حـَرّ َكـِت |
| They nodded | humma harrakuhumma Harrakoo | هـُمّ َ حـَرّ َكوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might nod | 'ana yimkin 'aharrakaacnaa yimkin aacHarrak | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحـَرّ َك |
| We might nod | 'ihna yimkin niharrakiicHnaa yimkin niHarrak | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(m) might nod | 'inta yimkin tiharrakiicnta yimkin tiHarrak | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(f) might nod | 'inti yimkin tiharrakiiicnti yimkin tiHarraky | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَرّ َكي |
| You(pl) might nod | 'intu yimkin tiharrakuiicntoo yimkin tiHarrakoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحـَرّ َكوا |
| He/it(m) might nod | huwa yimkin yiharrakhuwa yimkin yiHarrak | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَرّ َك |
| She/it(f) might nod | hiya yimkin tiharrakhiya yimkin tiHarrak | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَرّ َك |
| They might nod | humma yimkin yiharrakuhumma yimkin yiHarrakoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَرّ َكوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I nod | 'ana baharrakaacnaa baHarrak | أنا َ بـَحـَرّ َك |
| We nod | 'ihna biniharrakiicHnaa biniHarrak | إحنا َ بـِنـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(m) nod | 'inta bitiharrakiicnta bitiHarrak | إنت َ بـِتـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(f) nod | 'inti bitiharrakiiicnti bitiHarraky | إنت ِ بـِتـِحـَرّ َكي |
| You(pl) nod | 'intu bitiharrakuiicntoo bitiHarrakoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحـَرّ َكوا |
| He/it(m) nods | huwa biyiharrakhuwa biyiHarrak | هـُو َ بـِيـِحـَرّ َك |
| She/it(f) nods | hiya bitiharrakhiya bitiHarrak | هـِي َ بـِتـِحـَرّ َك |
| They nod | humma biyiharrakuhumma biyiHarrakoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحـَرّ َكوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will nod | 'ana haharrakaacnaa haHarrak | أنا َ هـَحـَرّ َك |
| We will nod | 'ihna haniharrakiicHnaa haniHarrak | إحنا َ هـَنـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(m) will nod | 'inta hatiharrakiicnta hatiHarrak | إنت َ هـَتـِحـَرّ َك |
| You(f) will nod | 'inti hatiharrakiiicnti hatiHarraky | إنت ِ هـَتـِحـَرّ َكي |
| You(pl) will nod | 'intu hatiharrakuiicntoo hatiHarrakoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحـَرّ َكوا |
| He/it(m) will nod | huwa hayiharrakhuwa hayiHarrak | هـُو َ هـَيـِحـَرّ َك |
| She/it(f) will nod | hiya hatiharrakhiya hatiHarrak | هـِي َ هـَتـِحـَرّ َك |
| They will nod | humma hayiharrakuhumma hayiHarrakoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحـَرّ َكوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) nod! | 'ihrakiicHrak | إحر َك |
| You(f) nod! | 'ihrakiiicHraky | إحر َكي |
| You(pl) nod! | ihrakuiHrakoo | ِحر َكوا |
