Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I improved | 'ana 'ithassintaacnaa iictHassint | أنا َ إتحـَسّـِنت |
| We improved | 'ihna 'ithassinnaiicHnaa iictHassinnaa | إحنا َ إتحـَسّـِنّا |
| You(m) improved | 'inta 'ithassintiicnta iictHassint | إنت َ إتحـَسّـِنت |
| You(f) improved | 'inti 'ithassintiiicnti iictHassinty | إنت ِ إتحـَسّـِنتي |
| You(pl) improved | 'intu 'ithassintuiicntoo iictHassintoo | إنتوا إتحـَسّـِنتوا |
| He/it(m) improved | huwa 'ithassinhuwa iictHassin | هـُو َ إتحـَسّـِن |
| She/it(f) improved | hiya 'ithassinithiya iictHassinit | هـِي َ إتحـَسّـِنـِت |
| They improved | humma 'ithassinuhumma iictHassinoo | هـُمّ َ إتحـَسّـِنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might improve | 'ana yimkin 'athassinaacnaa yimkin aactHassin | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتحـَسّـِن |
| We might improve | 'ihna yimkin nithassiniicHnaa yimkin nitHassin | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(m) might improve | 'inta yimkin tithassiniicnta yimkin titHassin | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(f) might improve | 'inti yimkin tithassiniiicnti yimkin titHassiny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـَسّـِني |
| You(pl) might improve | 'intu yimkin tithassinuiicntoo yimkin titHassinoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
| He/it(m) might improve | huwa yimkin yithassinhuwa yimkin yitHassin | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتحـَسّـِن |
| She/it(f) might improve | hiya yimkin tithassinhiya yimkin titHassin | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـَسّـِن |
| They might improve | humma yimkin yithassinuhumma yimkin yitHassinoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I improve | 'ana bathassinaacnaa batHassin | أنا َ بـَتحـَسّـِن |
| We improve | 'ihna binithassiniicHnaa binitHassin | إحنا َ بـِنـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(m) improve | 'inta bitithassiniicnta bititHassin | إنت َ بـِتـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(f) improve | 'inti bitithassiniiicnti bititHassiny | إنت ِ بـِتـِتحـَسّـِني |
| You(pl) improve | 'intu bitithassinuiicntoo bititHassinoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
| He/it(m) improves | huwa biyithassinhuwa biyitHassin | هـُو َ بـِيـِتحـَسّـِن |
| She/it(f) improves | hiya bitithassinhiya bititHassin | هـِي َ بـِتـِتحـَسّـِن |
| They improve | humma biyithassinuhumma biyitHassinoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will improve | 'ana hathassinaacnaa hatHassin | أنا َ هـَتحـَسّـِن |
| We will improve | 'ihna hanithassiniicHnaa hanitHassin | إحنا َ هـَنـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(m) will improve | 'inta hatithassiniicnta hatitHassin | إنت َ هـَتـِتحـَسّـِن |
| You(f) will improve | 'inti hatithassiniiicnti hatitHassiny | إنت ِ هـَتـِتحـَسّـِني |
| You(pl) will improve | 'intu hatithassinuiicntoo hatitHassinoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
| He/it(m) will improve | huwa hayithassinhuwa hayitHassin | هـُو َ هـَيـِتحـَسّـِن |
| She/it(f) will improve | hiya hatithassinhiya hatitHassin | هـِي َ هـَتـِتحـَسّـِن |
| They will improve | humma hayithassinuhumma hayitHassinoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتحـَسّـِنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) improve! | 'ithassiniictHassin | إتحـَسّـِن |
| You(f) improve! | 'ithassiniiictHassiny | إتحـَسّـِني |
| You(pl) improve! | 'ithassinuiictHassinoo | إتحـَسّـِنوا |
