Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I lay | 'ana 'itmaddidtaacnaa iictmaddidt | أنا َ إتمـَدّ ِدت |
| We lay | 'ihna 'itmaddidnaiicHnaa iictmaddidnaa | إحنا َ إتمـَدّ ِدنا |
| You(m) lay | 'inta 'itmaddidtiicnta iictmaddidt | إنت َ إتمـَدّ ِدت |
| You(f) lay | 'inti 'itmaddidtiiicnti iictmaddidty | إنت ِ إتمـَدّ ِدتي |
| You(pl) lay | 'intu 'itmaddidtuiicntoo iictmaddidtoo | إنتوا إتمـَدّ ِدتوا |
| He/it(m) lay | huwa 'itmaddidhuwa iictmaddid | هـُو َ إتمـَدّ ِد |
| She/it(f) lay | hiya 'itmaddidithiya iictmaddidit | هـِي َ إتمـَدّ ِد ِت |
| They lay | humma 'itmaddiduhumma iictmaddidoo | هـُمّ َ إتمـَدّ ِدوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might lie | 'ana yimkin 'atmaddidaacnaa yimkin aactmaddid | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتمـَدّ ِد |
| We might lie | 'ihna yimkin nitmaddidiicHnaa yimkin nitmaddid | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(m) might lie | 'inta yimkin titmaddidiicnta yimkin titmaddid | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(f) might lie | 'inti yimkin titmaddidiiicnti yimkin titmaddidy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِدي |
| You(pl) might lie | 'intu yimkin titmaddiduiicntoo yimkin titmaddidoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
| He/it(m) might lie | huwa yimkin yitmaddidhuwa yimkin yitmaddid | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| She/it(f) might lie | hiya yimkin titmaddidhiya yimkin titmaddid | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| They might lie | humma yimkin yitmaddiduhumma yimkin yitmaddidoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I lie | 'ana batmaddidaacnaa batmaddid | أنا َ بـَتمـَدّ ِد |
| We lie | 'ihna binitmaddidiicHnaa binitmaddid | إحنا َ بـِنـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(m) lie | 'inta bititmaddidiicnta bititmaddid | إنت َ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(f) lie | 'inti bititmaddidiiicnti bititmaddidy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِدي |
| You(pl) lie | 'intu bititmaddiduiicntoo bititmaddidoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
| He/it(m) lies | huwa biyitmaddidhuwa biyitmaddid | هـُو َ بـِيـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| She/it(f) lies | hiya bititmaddidhiya bititmaddid | هـِي َ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| They lie | humma biyitmaddiduhumma biyitmaddidoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will lie | 'ana hatmaddidaacnaa hatmaddid | أنا َ هـَتمـَدّ ِد |
| We will lie | 'ihna hanitmaddidiicHnaa hanitmaddid | إحنا َ هـَنـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(m) will lie | 'inta hatitmaddidiicnta hatitmaddid | إنت َ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(f) will lie | 'inti hatitmaddidiiicnti hatitmaddidy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِدي |
| You(pl) will lie | 'intu hatitmaddiduiicntoo hatitmaddidoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
| He/it(m) will lie | huwa hayitmaddidhuwa hayitmaddid | هـُو َ هـَيـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| She/it(f) will lie | hiya hatitmaddidhiya hatitmaddid | هـِي َ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِد |
| They will lie | humma hayitmaddiduhumma hayitmaddidoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتمـَدّ ِدوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) lie! | 'itmaddidiictmaddid | إتمـَدّ ِد |
| You(f) lie! | 'itmaddidiiictmaddidy | إتمـَدّ ِدي |
| You(pl) lie! | 'itmaddiduiictmaddidoo | إتمـَدّ ِدوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is lain | huwa mutamaddidhuwa mutamaddid | هـُو َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِد |
| She/it(f) is lain | hiya mutamaddidahiya mutamaddidaö | هـِي َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِد َة |
| They are lain | humma mutamaddideenhumma mutamaddidyn | هـُمّ َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِدين |
