Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I wound | 'ana maleetaacnaa malyt | أنا َ مـَليت |
| We wound | 'ihna maleenaiicHnaa malynaa | إحنا َ مـَلينا |
| You(m) wound | 'inta maleetiicnta malyt | إنت َ مـَليت |
| You(f) wound | 'inti maleetiiicnti malyty | إنت ِ مـَليتي |
| You(pl) wound | 'intu maleetuiicntoo malytoo | إنتوا مـَليتوا |
| He/it(m) wound | huwa malahuwa malaa | هـُو َ مـَلا |
| She/it(f) wound | hiya malithiya malit | هـِي َ مـَلـِت |
| They wound | humma maluhumma maloo | هـُمّ َ مـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might wind | 'ana yimkin 'amlaaacnaa yimkin aacmlaa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أملا |
| We might wind | 'ihna yimkin nimlaiicHnaa yimkin nimlaa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِملا |
| You(m) might wind | 'inta yimkin timlaiicnta yimkin timlaa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِملا |
| You(f) might wind | 'inti yimkin timliiicnti yimkin timly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِملي |
| You(pl) might wind | 'intu yimkin timluiicntoo yimkin timloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِملوا |
| He/it(m) might wind | huwa yimkin yimlahuwa yimkin yimlaa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِملا |
| She/it(f) might wind | hiya yimkin timlahiya yimkin timlaa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِملا |
| They might wind | humma yimkin yimluhumma yimkin yimloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِملوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I wind | 'ana bamlaaacnaa bamlaa | أنا َ بـَملا |
| We wind | 'ihna binimlaiicHnaa binimlaa | إحنا َ بـِنـِملا |
| You(m) wind | 'inta bitimlaiicnta bitimlaa | إنت َ بـِتـِملا |
| You(f) wind | 'inti bitimliiicnti bitimly | إنت ِ بـِتـِملي |
| You(pl) wind | 'intu bitimluiicntoo bitimloo | إنتوا بـِتـِملوا |
| He/it(m) winds | huwa biyimlahuwa biyimlaa | هـُو َ بـِيـِملا |
| She/it(f) winds | hiya bitimlahiya bitimlaa | هـِي َ بـِتـِملا |
| They wind | humma biyimluhumma biyimloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِملوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will wind | 'ana hamlaaacnaa hamlaa | أنا َ هـَملا |
| We will wind | 'ihna hanimlaiicHnaa hanimlaa | إحنا َ هـَنـِملا |
| You(m) will wind | 'inta hatimlaiicnta hatimlaa | إنت َ هـَتـِملا |
| You(f) will wind | 'inti hatimliiicnti hatimly | إنت ِ هـَتـِملي |
| You(pl) will wind | 'intu hatimluiicntoo hatimloo | إنتوا هـَتـِملوا |
| He/it(m) will wind | huwa hayimlahuwa hayimlaa | هـُو َ هـَيـِملا |
| She/it(f) will wind | hiya hatimlahiya hatimlaa | هـِي َ هـَتـِملا |
| They will wind | humma hayimluhumma hayimloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِملوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) wind! | 'imlaiicmlaa | إملا |
| You(f) wind! | 'imliiicmly | إملي |
| You(pl) wind! | 'imluiicmloo | إملوا |
