Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I froze | 'ana gammidtaacnaa gammidt | أنا َ جـَمّـِدت |
| We froze | 'ihna gammidnaiicHnaa gammidnaa | إحنا َ جـَمّـِدنا |
| You(m) froze | 'inta gammidtiicnta gammidt | إنت َ جـَمّـِدت |
| You(f) froze | 'inti gammidtiiicnti gammidty | إنت ِ جـَمّـِدتي |
| You(pl) froze | 'intu gammidtuiicntoo gammidtoo | إنتوا جـَمّـِدتوا |
| He/it(m) froze | huwa gammidhuwa gammid | هـُو َ جـَمّـِد |
| She/it(f) froze | hiya gammidithiya gammidit | هـِي َ جـَمّـِد ِت |
| They froze | humma gammiduhumma gammidoo | هـُمّ َ جـَمّـِدوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might freeze | 'ana yimkin 'agammidaacnaa yimkin aacgammid | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أجـَمّـِد |
| We might freeze | 'ihna yimkin nigammidiicHnaa yimkin nigammid | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِجـَمّـِد |
| You(m) might freeze | 'inta yimkin tigammidiicnta yimkin tigammid | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِجـَمّـِد |
| You(f) might freeze | 'inti yimkin tigammidiiicnti yimkin tigammidy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِجـَمّـِدي |
| You(pl) might freeze | 'intu yimkin tigammiduiicntoo yimkin tigammidoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِجـَمّـِدوا |
| He/it(m) might freeze | huwa yimkin yigammidhuwa yimkin yigammid | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِجـَمّـِد |
| She/it(f) might freeze | hiya yimkin tigammidhiya yimkin tigammid | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِجـَمّـِد |
| They might freeze | humma yimkin yigammiduhumma yimkin yigammidoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِجـَمّـِدوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I freeze | 'ana bagammidaacnaa bagammid | أنا َ بـَجـَمّـِد |
| We freeze | 'ihna bingammidiicHnaa bingammid | إحنا َ بـِنجـَمّـِد |
| You(m) freeze | 'inta bitgammidiicnta bitgammid | إنت َ بـِتجـَمّـِد |
| You(f) freeze | 'inti bitgammidiiicnti bitgammidy | إنت ِ بـِتجـَمّـِدي |
| You(pl) freeze | 'intu bitgammiduiicntoo bitgammidoo | إنتوا بـِتجـَمّـِدوا |
| He/it(m) freezes | huwa biyigammidhuwa biyigammid | هـُو َ بـِيـِجـَمّـِد |
| She/it(f) freezes | hiya bitgammidhiya bitgammid | هـِي َ بـِتجـَمّـِد |
| They freeze | humma biyigammiduhumma biyigammidoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِجـَمّـِدوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will freeze | 'ana hagammidaacnaa hagammid | أنا َ هـَجـَمّـِد |
| We will freeze | 'ihna hangammidiicHnaa hangammid | إحنا َ هـَنجـَمّـِد |
| You(m) will freeze | 'inta hatgammidiicnta hatgammid | إنت َ هـَتجـَمّـِد |
| You(f) will freeze | 'inti hatgammidiiicnti hatgammidy | إنت ِ هـَتجـَمّـِدي |
| You(pl) will freeze | 'intu hatgammiduiicntoo hatgammidoo | إنتوا هـَتجـَمّـِدوا |
| He/it(m) will freeze | huwa hayigammidhuwa hayigammid | هـُو َ هـَيـِجـَمّـِد |
| She/it(f) will freeze | hiya hatgammidhiya hatgammid | هـِي َ هـَتجـَمّـِد |
| They will freeze | humma hayigammiduhumma hayigammidoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِجـَمّـِدوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) freeze! | gammidgammid | جـَمّـِد |
| You(f) freeze! | gammidigammidy | جـَمّـِدي |
| You(pl) freeze! | gammidugammidoo | جـَمّـِدوا |
