Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I worked | 'ana 'ishtaghaltaacnaa iicshtaGalt | أنا َ إشتـَغـَلت |
| We worked | 'ihna 'ishtaghalnaiicHnaa iicshtaGalnaa | إحنا َ إشتـَغـَلنا |
| You(m) worked | 'inta 'ishtaghaltiicnta iicshtaGalt | إنت َ إشتـَغـَلت |
| You(f) worked | 'inti 'ishtaghaltiiicnti iicshtaGalty | إنت ِ إشتـَغـَلتي |
| You(pl) worked | 'intu 'ishtaghaltuiicntoo iicshtaGaltoo | إنتوا إشتـَغـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) worked | huwa 'ishtaghalhuwa iicshtaGal | هـُو َ إشتـَغـَل |
| She/it(f) worked | hiya 'ishtaghalithiya iicshtaGalit | هـِي َ إشتـَغـَلـِت |
| They worked | humma 'ishtaghaluhumma iicshtaGaloo | هـُمّ َ إشتـَغـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might work | 'ana yimkin 'ashtaghalaacnaa yimkin aacshtaGal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشتـَغـَل |
| We might work | 'ihna yimkin nashtaghaliicHnaa yimkin nashtaGal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(m) might work | 'inta yimkin tashtaghaliicnta yimkin tashtaGal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(f) might work | 'inti yimkin tashtaghaliiicnti yimkin tashtaGaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَلي |
| You(pl) might work | 'intu yimkin tashtaghaluiicntoo yimkin tashtaGaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَلوا |
| He/it(m) might work | huwa yimkin yashtaghalhuwa yimkin yashtaGal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـَشتـَغـَل |
| She/it(f) might work | hiya yimkin tashtaghalhiya yimkin tashtaGal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَل |
| They might work | humma yimkin yashtaghaluhumma yimkin yashtaGaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـَشتـَغـَلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I work | 'ana bashtaghalaacnaa bashtaGal | أنا َ بـَشتـَغـَل |
| We work | 'ihna binashtaghaliicHnaa binashtaGal | إحنا َ بـِنـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(m) work | 'inta bitashtaghaliicnta bitashtaGal | إنت َ بـِتـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(f) work | 'inti bitashtaghaliiicnti bitashtaGaly | إنت ِ بـِتـَشتـَغـَلي |
| You(pl) work | 'intu bitashtaghaluiicntoo bitashtaGaloo | إنتوا بـِتـَشتـَغـَلوا |
| He/it(m) works | huwa biyashtaghalhuwa biyashtaGal | هـُو َ بـِيـَشتـَغـَل |
| She/it(f) works | hiya bitashtaghalhiya bitashtaGal | هـِي َ بـِتـَشتـَغـَل |
| They work | humma biyashtaghluhumma biyashtaGloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـَشتـَغلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will work | 'ana hashtaghalaacnaa hashtaGal | أنا َ هـَشتـَغـَل |
| We will work | 'ihna hanashtaghaliicHnaa hanashtaGal | إحنا َ هـَنـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(m) will work | 'inta hatashtaghaliicnta hatashtaGal | إنت َ هـَتـَشتـَغـَل |
| You(f) will work | 'inti hatashtaghaliiicnti hatashtaGaly | إنت ِ هـَتـَشتـَغـَلي |
| You(pl) will work | 'intu hatashtaghaluiicntoo hatashtaGaloo | إنتوا هـَتـَشتـَغـَلوا |
| He/it(m) will work | huwa hayashtaghalhuwa hayashtaGal | هـُو َ هـَيـَشتـَغـَل |
| She/it(f) will work | hiya hatashtaghalhiya hatashtaGal | هـِي َ هـَتـَشتـَغـَل |
| They will work | humma hayashtaghluhumma hayashtaGloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـَشتـَغلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) work! | 'ishtaghaliicshtaGal | إشتـَغـَل |
| You(f) work! | 'ishtaghaliiicshtaGaly | إشتـَغـَلي |
| You(pl) work! | 'ishtaghaluiicshtaGaloo | إشتـَغـَلوا |
