Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I was | 'ana 'it'allibtaacnaa iictqallibt | أنا َ إتقـَلّـِبت |
| We was | 'ihna 'it'allibnaiicHnaa iictqallibnaa | إحنا َ إتقـَلّـِبنا |
| You(m) was | 'inta 'it'allibtiicnta iictqallibt | إنت َ إتقـَلّـِبت |
| You(f) was | 'inti 'it'allibtiiicnti iictqallibty | إنت ِ إتقـَلّـِبتي |
| You(pl) was | 'intu 'it'allibtuiicntoo iictqallibtoo | إنتوا إتقـَلّـِبتوا |
| He/it(m) was | huwa 'it'allibhuwa iictqallib | هـُو َ إتقـَلّـِب |
| She/it(f) was | hiya 'it'allibithiya iictqallibit | هـِي َ إتقـَلّـِبـِت |
| They was | humma 'it'allibuhumma iictqalliboo | هـُمّ َ إتقـَلّـِبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might be | 'ana yimkin 'at'allibaacnaa yimkin aactqallib | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتقـَلّـِب |
| We might be | 'ihna yimkin nit'allibiicHnaa yimkin nitqallib | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(m) might be | 'inta yimkin tit'allibiicnta yimkin titqallib | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(f) might be | 'inti yimkin tit'allibiiicnti yimkin titqalliby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـَلّـِبي |
| You(pl) might be | 'intu yimkin tit'allibuiicntoo yimkin titqalliboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
| He/it(m) might be | huwa yimkin yit'allibhuwa yimkin yitqallib | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتقـَلّـِب |
| She/it(f) might be | hiya yimkin tit'allibhiya yimkin titqallib | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـَلّـِب |
| They might be | humma yimkin yit'allibuhumma yimkin yitqalliboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I be | 'ana bat'allibaacnaa batqallib | أنا َ بـَتقـَلّـِب |
| We be | 'ihna binit'allibiicHnaa binitqallib | إحنا َ بـِنـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(m) be | 'inta bitit'allibiicnta bititqallib | إنت َ بـِتـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(f) be | 'inti bitit'allibiiicnti bititqalliby | إنت ِ بـِتـِتقـَلّـِبي |
| You(pl) be | 'intu bitit'allibuiicntoo bititqalliboo | إنتوا بـِتـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
| He/it(m) bes | huwa biyit'allibhuwa biyitqallib | هـُو َ بـِيـِتقـَلّـِب |
| She/it(f) bes | hiya bitit'allibhiya bititqallib | هـِي َ بـِتـِتقـَلّـِب |
| They be | humma biyit'allibuhumma biyitqalliboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will be | 'ana hat'allibaacnaa hatqallib | أنا َ هـَتقـَلّـِب |
| We will be | 'ihna hanit'allibiicHnaa hanitqallib | إحنا َ هـَنـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(m) will be | 'inta hatit'allibiicnta hatitqallib | إنت َ هـَتـِتقـَلّـِب |
| You(f) will be | 'inti hatit'allibiiicnti hatitqalliby | إنت ِ هـَتـِتقـَلّـِبي |
| You(pl) will be | 'intu hatit'allibuiicntoo hatitqalliboo | إنتوا هـَتـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
| He/it(m) will be | huwa hayit'allibhuwa hayitqallib | هـُو َ هـَيـِتقـَلّـِب |
| She/it(f) will be | hiya hatit'allibhiya hatitqallib | هـِي َ هـَتـِتقـَلّـِب |
| They will be | humma hayit'allibuhumma hayitqalliboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتقـَلّـِبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) be! | 'it'allibiictqallib | إتقـَلّـِب |
| You(f) be! | 'it'allibiiictqalliby | إتقـَلّـِبي |
| You(pl) be! | 'it'allibuiictqalliboo | إتقـَلّـِبوا |
