Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I packed | 'ana waddabtaacnaa waDDabt | أنا َ و َضّـَبت |
| We packed | 'ihna waddabnaiicHnaa waDDabnaa | إحنا َ و َضّـَبنا |
| You(m) packed | 'inta waddabtiicnta waDDabt | إنت َ و َضّـَبت |
| You(f) packed | 'inti waddabtiiicnti waDDabty | إنت ِ و َضّـَبتي |
| You(pl) packed | 'intu waddabtuiicntoo waDDabtoo | إنتوا و َضّـَبتوا |
| He/it(m) packed | huwa waddabhuwa waDDab | هـُو َ و َضّـَب |
| She/it(f) packed | hiya waddabithiya waDDabit | هـِي َ و َضّـَبـِت |
| They packed | humma waddabuhumma waDDaboo | هـُمّ َ و َضّـَبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might pack | 'ana yimkin 'awaddabaacnaa yimkin aacwaDDab | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َضّـَب |
| We might pack | 'ihna yimkin niwaddabiicHnaa yimkin niwaDDab | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َضّـَب |
| You(m) might pack | 'inta yimkin tiwaddabiicnta yimkin tiwaDDab | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َضّـَب |
| You(f) might pack | 'inti yimkin tiwaddabiiicnti yimkin tiwaDDaby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َضّـَبي |
| You(pl) might pack | 'intu yimkin tiwaddabuiicntoo yimkin tiwaDDaboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َضّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) might pack | huwa yimkin yiwaddabhuwa yimkin yiwaDDab | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َضّـَب |
| She/it(f) might pack | hiya yimkin tiwaddabhiya yimkin tiwaDDab | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َضّـَب |
| They might pack | humma yimkin yiwaddabuhumma yimkin yiwaDDaboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َضّـَبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I pack | 'ana bawaddabaacnaa bawaDDab | أنا َ بـَو َضّـَب |
| We pack | 'ihna biniwaddabiicHnaa biniwaDDab | إحنا َ بـِنـِو َضّـَب |
| You(m) pack | 'inta bitiwaddabiicnta bitiwaDDab | إنت َ بـِتـِو َضّـَب |
| You(f) pack | 'inti bitiwaddabiiicnti bitiwaDDaby | إنت ِ بـِتـِو َضّـَبي |
| You(pl) pack | 'intu bitiwaddabuiicntoo bitiwaDDaboo | إنتوا بـِتـِو َضّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) packs | huwa biyiwaddabhuwa biyiwaDDab | هـُو َ بـِيـِو َضّـَب |
| She/it(f) packs | hiya bitiwaddabhiya bitiwaDDab | هـِي َ بـِتـِو َضّـَب |
| They pack | humma biyiwaddabuhumma biyiwaDDaboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َضّـَبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will pack | 'ana hawaddabaacnaa hawaDDab | أنا َ هـَو َضّـَب |
| We will pack | 'ihna haniwaddabiicHnaa haniwaDDab | إحنا َ هـَنـِو َضّـَب |
| You(m) will pack | 'inta hatiwaddabiicnta hatiwaDDab | إنت َ هـَتـِو َضّـَب |
| You(f) will pack | 'inti hatiwaddabiiicnti hatiwaDDaby | إنت ِ هـَتـِو َضّـَبي |
| You(pl) will pack | 'intu hatiwaddabuiicntoo hatiwaDDaboo | إنتوا هـَتـِو َضّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) will pack | huwa hayiwaddabhuwa hayiwaDDab | هـُو َ هـَيـِو َضّـَب |
| She/it(f) will pack | hiya hatiwaddabhiya hatiwaDDab | هـِي َ هـَتـِو َضّـَب |
| They will pack | humma hayiwaddabuhumma hayiwaDDaboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َضّـَبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) pack! | 'ioodabiicwDab | إوضـَب |
| You(f) pack! | 'ioodabiiicwDaby | إوضـَبي |
| You(pl) pack! | iwdabuiwDaboo | ِوضـَبوا |
