Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hunted | 'ana seedtaacnaa Sydt | أنا َ صيدت |
| We hunted | 'ihna seednaiicHnaa Sydnaa | إحنا َ صيدنا |
| You(m) hunted | 'inta seedtiicnta Sydt | إنت َ صيدت |
| You(f) hunted | 'inti seedtiiicnti Sydty | إنت ِ صيدتي |
| You(pl) hunted | 'intu seedtuiicntoo Sydtoo | إنتوا صيدتوا |
| He/it(m) hunted | huwa saadhuwa Saad | هـُو َ صا َد |
| She/it(f) hunted | hiya saadithiya Saadit | هـِي َ صا َد ِت |
| They hunted | humma saduhumma Saadoo | هـُمّ َ صا َدوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hunt | 'ana yimkin 'aseedaacnaa yimkin aacSyd | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصيد |
| We might hunt | 'ihna yimkin niseediicHnaa yimkin niSyd | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصيد |
| You(m) might hunt | 'inta yimkin tiseediicnta yimkin tiSyd | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصيد |
| You(f) might hunt | 'inti yimkin tiseediiicnti yimkin tiSydy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصيدي |
| You(pl) might hunt | 'intu yimkin tiseeduiicntoo yimkin tiSydoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصيدوا |
| He/it(m) might hunt | huwa yimkin yiseedhuwa yimkin yiSyd | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصيد |
| She/it(f) might hunt | hiya yimkin tiseedhiya yimkin tiSyd | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصيد |
| They might hunt | humma yimkin yiseeduhumma yimkin yiSydoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصيدوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hunt | 'ana baseedaacnaa baSyd | أنا َ بـَصيد |
| We hunt | 'ihna binseediicHnaa binSyd | إحنا َ بـِنصيد |
| You(m) hunt | 'inta bitseediicnta bitSyd | إنت َ بـِتصيد |
| You(f) hunt | 'inti bitseediiicnti bitSydy | إنت ِ بـِتصيدي |
| You(pl) hunt | 'intu bitseeduiicntoo bitSydoo | إنتوا بـِتصيدوا |
| He/it(m) hunts | huwa biyiseedhuwa biyiSyd | هـُو َ بـِيـِصيد |
| She/it(f) hunts | hiya bitseedhiya bitSyd | هـِي َ بـِتصيد |
| They hunt | humma biyiseeduhumma biyiSydoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصيدوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hunt | 'ana haseedaacnaa haSyd | أنا َ هـَصيد |
| We will hunt | 'ihna hanseediicHnaa hanSyd | إحنا َ هـَنصيد |
| You(m) will hunt | 'inta hatseediicnta hatSyd | إنت َ هـَتصيد |
| You(f) will hunt | 'inti hatseediiicnti hatSydy | إنت ِ هـَتصيدي |
| You(pl) will hunt | 'intu hatseeduiicntoo hatSydoo | إنتوا هـَتصيدوا |
| He/it(m) will hunt | huwa hayiseedhuwa hayiSyd | هـُو َ هـَيـِصيد |
| She/it(f) will hunt | hiya hatseedhiya hatSyd | هـِي َ هـَتصيد |
| They will hunt | humma hayiseeduhumma hayiSydoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصيدوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hunt! | seedSyd | صيد |
| You(f) hunt! | seediSydy | صيدي |
| You(pl) hunt! | seeduSydoo | صيدوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am hunting | 'ana saayidaacnaa Saayid | أنا َ صا َيـِد |
| I(f) am hunting | 'ana saayidaaacnaa Saayidaö | أنا َ صا َيـِد َة |
| We are hunting | 'ihna saayideeniicHnaa Saayidyn | إحنا َ صا َيـِدين |
| You(m) are hunting | 'inta saayidiicnta Saayid | إنت َ صا َيـِد |
| You(f) are hunting | 'inti saayidaiicnti Saayidaö | إنت ِ صا َيـِد َة |
| You(pl) are hunting | 'intu saayideeniicntoo Saayidyn | إنتوا صا َيـِدين |
| He/it(m) is hunting | huwa saayidhuwa Saayid | هـُو َ صا َيـِد |
| She/it(f) is hunting | hiya saayidahiya Saayidaö | هـِي َ صا َيـِد َة |
| They are hunting | humma saayideenhumma Saayidyn | هـُمّ َ صا َيـِدين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is hunted | huwa mitsaadhuwa mitSaad | هـُو َ مـِتصا َد |
| She/it(f) is hunted | hiya mitsaadahiya mitSaadaö | هـِي َ مـِتصا َد َة |
| They are hunted | humma mitsadeenhumma mitSaadyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتصا َدين |
