Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I whistled | 'ana saffartaacnaa Saffart | أنا َ صـَفّـَرت |
| We whistled | 'ihna saffarnaiicHnaa Saffarnaa | إحنا َ صـَفّـَرنا |
| You(m) whistled | 'inta saffartiicnta Saffart | إنت َ صـَفّـَرت |
| You(f) whistled | 'inti saffartiiicnti Saffarty | إنت ِ صـَفّـَرتي |
| You(pl) whistled | 'intu saffartuiicntoo Saffartoo | إنتوا صـَفّـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) whistled | huwa saffarhuwa Saffar | هـُو َ صـَفّـَر |
| She/it(f) whistled | hiya saffarithiya Saffarit | هـِي َ صـَفّـَر ِت |
| They whistled | humma saffaruhumma Saffaroo | هـُمّ َ صـَفّـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might whistle | 'ana yimkin 'asaffaraacnaa yimkin aacSaffar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَفّـَر |
| We might whistle | 'ihna yimkin nisaffariicHnaa yimkin niSaffar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(m) might whistle | 'inta yimkin tisaffariicnta yimkin tiSaffar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(f) might whistle | 'inti yimkin tisaffariiicnti yimkin tiSaffary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَري |
| You(pl) might whistle | 'intu yimkin tisaffaruiicntoo yimkin tiSaffaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَروا |
| He/it(m) might whistle | huwa yimkin yisaffarhuwa yimkin yiSaffar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّـَر |
| She/it(f) might whistle | hiya yimkin tisaffarhiya yimkin tiSaffar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَر |
| They might whistle | humma yimkin yisaffaruhumma yimkin yiSaffaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I whistle | 'ana basaffaraacnaa baSaffar | أنا َ بـَصـَفّـَر |
| We whistle | 'ihna binisaffariicHnaa biniSaffar | إحنا َ بـِنـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(m) whistle | 'inta bitisaffariicnta bitiSaffar | إنت َ بـِتـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(f) whistle | 'inti bitisaffariiicnti bitiSaffary | إنت ِ بـِتـِصـَفّـَري |
| You(pl) whistle | 'intu bitisaffaruiicntoo bitiSaffaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِصـَفّـَروا |
| He/it(m) whistles | huwa biyisaffarhuwa biyiSaffar | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَفّـَر |
| She/it(f) whistles | hiya bitisaffarhiya bitiSaffar | هـِي َ بـِتـِصـَفّـَر |
| They whistle | humma biyisaffaruhumma biyiSaffaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَفّـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will whistle | 'ana hasaffaraacnaa haSaffar | أنا َ هـَصـَفّـَر |
| We will whistle | 'ihna hanisaffariicHnaa haniSaffar | إحنا َ هـَنـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(m) will whistle | 'inta hatisaffariicnta hatiSaffar | إنت َ هـَتـِصـَفّـَر |
| You(f) will whistle | 'inti hatisaffariiicnti hatiSaffary | إنت ِ هـَتـِصـَفّـَري |
| You(pl) will whistle | 'intu hatisaffaruiicntoo hatiSaffaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِصـَفّـَروا |
| He/it(m) will whistle | huwa hayisaffarhuwa hayiSaffar | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَفّـَر |
| She/it(f) will whistle | hiya hatisaffarhiya hatiSaffar | هـِي َ هـَتـِصـَفّـَر |
| They will whistle | humma hayisaffaruhumma hayiSaffaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَفّـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) whistle! | 'isfariicSfar | إصفـَر |
| You(f) whistle! | 'isfariiicSfary | إصفـَري |
| You(pl) whistle! | isfaruiSfaroo | ِصفـَروا |
