Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I gathered | 'ana 'itlammeetaacnaa iictlammyt | أنا َ إتلـَمّيت |
| We gathered | 'ihna 'itlammeenaiicHnaa iictlammynaa | إحنا َ إتلـَمّينا |
| You(m) gathered | 'inta 'itlammeetiicnta iictlammyt | إنت َ إتلـَمّيت |
| You(f) gathered | 'inti 'itlammeetiiicnti iictlammyty | إنت ِ إتلـَمّيتي |
| You(pl) gathered | 'intu 'itlammeetuiicntoo iictlammytoo | إنتوا إتلـَمّيتوا |
| He/it(m) gathered | huwa 'itlammhuwa iictlamm | هـُو َ إتلـَمّ |
| She/it(f) gathered | hiya 'itlammithiya iictlammit | هـِي َ إتلـَمّـِت |
| They gathered | humma 'itlammuhumma iictlammoo | هـُمّ َ إتلـَمّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might gather | 'ana yimkin 'atlammaacnaa yimkin aactlamm | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتلـَمّ |
| We might gather | 'ihna yimkin nitlammiicHnaa yimkin nitlamm | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتلـَمّ |
| You(m) might gather | 'inta yimkin titlammiicnta yimkin titlamm | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتلـَمّ |
| You(f) might gather | 'inti yimkin titlammiiicnti yimkin titlammy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتلـَمّي |
| You(pl) might gather | 'intu yimkin titlammuiicntoo yimkin titlammoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتلـَمّوا |
| He/it(m) might gather | huwa yimkin yitlammhuwa yimkin yitlamm | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتلـَمّ |
| She/it(f) might gather | hiya yimkin titlammhiya yimkin titlamm | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتلـَمّ |
| They might gather | humma yimkin yitlammuhumma yimkin yitlammoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتلـَمّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I gather | 'ana batlammaacnaa batlamm | أنا َ بـَتلـَمّ |
| We gather | 'ihna binitlammiicHnaa binitlamm | إحنا َ بـِنـِتلـَمّ |
| You(m) gather | 'inta bititlammiicnta bititlamm | إنت َ بـِتـِتلـَمّ |
| You(f) gather | 'inti bititlammiiicnti bititlammy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتلـَمّي |
| You(pl) gather | 'intu bititlammuiicntoo bititlammoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتلـَمّوا |
| He/it(m) gathers | huwa biyitlammhuwa biyitlamm | هـُو َ بـِيـِتلـَمّ |
| She/it(f) gathers | hiya bititlammhiya bititlamm | هـِي َ بـِتـِتلـَمّ |
| They gather | humma biyitlammuhumma biyitlammoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتلـَمّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will gather | 'ana hatlammaacnaa hatlamm | أنا َ هـَتلـَمّ |
| We will gather | 'ihna hanitlammiicHnaa hanitlamm | إحنا َ هـَنـِتلـَمّ |
| You(m) will gather | 'inta hatitlammiicnta hatitlamm | إنت َ هـَتـِتلـَمّ |
| You(f) will gather | 'inti hatitlammiiicnti hatitlammy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتلـَمّي |
| You(pl) will gather | 'intu hatitlammuiicntoo hatitlammoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتلـَمّوا |
| He/it(m) will gather | huwa hayitlammhuwa hayitlamm | هـُو َ هـَيـِتلـَمّ |
| She/it(f) will gather | hiya hatitlammhiya hatitlamm | هـِي َ هـَتـِتلـَمّ |
| They will gather | humma hayitlammuhumma hayitlammoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتلـَمّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) gather! | 'itlammiictlamm | إتلـَمّ |
| You(f) gather! | 'itlammiiictlammy | إتلـَمّي |
| You(pl) gather! | 'itlammuiictlammoo | إتلـَمّوا |
