Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I honoured | 'ana 'akramtaacnaa aackramt | أنا َ أكر َمت |
| We honoured | 'ihna 'akramnaiicHnaa aackramnaa | إحنا َ أكر َمنا |
| You(m) honoured | 'inta 'akramtiicnta aackramt | إنت َ أكر َمت |
| You(f) honoured | 'inti 'akramtiiicnti aackramty | إنت ِ أكر َمتي |
| You(pl) honoured | 'intu 'akramtuiicntoo aackramtoo | إنتوا أكر َمتوا |
| He/it(m) honoured | huwa 'akramhuwa aackram | هـُو َ أكر َم |
| She/it(f) honoured | hiya 'akramithiya aackramit | هـِي َ أكر َمـِت |
| They honoured | humma 'akramuhumma aackramoo | هـُمّ َ أكر َموا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might honour | 'ana yimkin 'ekrimaacnaa yimkin eekrim | أنا َ يـِمكـِن آكر ِم |
| We might honour | 'ihna yimkin nukrimiicHnaa yimkin nukrim | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُكر ِم |
| You(m) might honour | 'inta yimkin tukrimiicnta yimkin tukrim | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُكر ِم |
| You(f) might honour | 'inti yimkin tukrimiiicnti yimkin tukrimy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُكر ِمي |
| You(pl) might honour | 'intu yimkin tukrimuiicntoo yimkin tukrimoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُكر ِموا |
| He/it(m) might honour | huwa yimkin yukrimhuwa yimkin yukrim | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُكر ِم |
| She/it(f) might honour | hiya yimkin tukrimhiya yimkin tukrim | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُكر ِم |
| They might honour | humma yimkin yukrimuhumma yimkin yukrimoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُكر ِموا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I honour | 'ana bakrimaacnaa bakrim | أنا َ بـَكر ِم |
| We honour | 'ihna binukrimiicHnaa binukrim | إحنا َ بـِنـُكر ِم |
| You(m) honour | 'inta bitukrimiicnta bitukrim | إنت َ بـِتـُكر ِم |
| You(f) honour | 'inti bitukrimiiicnti bitukrimy | إنت ِ بـِتـُكر ِمي |
| You(pl) honour | 'intu bitukrimuiicntoo bitukrimoo | إنتوا بـِتـُكر ِموا |
| He/it(m) honours | huwa biyukrimhuwa biyukrim | هـُو َ بـِيـُكر ِم |
| She/it(f) honours | hiya bitukrimhiya bitukrim | هـِي َ بـِتـُكر ِم |
| They honour | humma biyukrimuhumma biyukrimoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُكر ِموا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will honour | 'ana hakrimaacnaa hakrim | أنا َ هـَكر ِم |
| We will honour | 'ihna hanukrimiicHnaa hanukrim | إحنا َ هـَنـُكر ِم |
| You(m) will honour | 'inta hatukrimiicnta hatukrim | إنت َ هـَتـُكر ِم |
| You(f) will honour | 'inti hatukrimiiicnti hatukrimy | إنت ِ هـَتـُكر ِمي |
| You(pl) will honour | 'intu hatukrimuiicntoo hatukrimoo | إنتوا هـَتـُكر ِموا |
| He/it(m) will honour | huwa hayukrimhuwa hayukrim | هـُو َ هـَيـُكر ِم |
| She/it(f) will honour | hiya hatukrimhiya hatukrim | هـِي َ هـَتـُكر ِم |
| They will honour | humma hayukrimuhumma hayukrimoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُكر ِموا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) honour! | 'ikrimiickrim | إكر ِم |
| You(f) honour! | 'ikrimiiickrimy | إكر ِمي |
| You(pl) honour! | 'ikrimuiickrimoo | إكر ِموا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is honoured | huwa mukrimhuwa mukrim | هـُو َ مـُكر ِم |
| She/it(f) is honoured | hiya mukrimahiya mukrimaö | هـِي َ مـُكر ِمـَة |
| They are honoured | humma mukrimeenhumma mukrimyn | هـُمّ َ مـُكر ِمين |
