Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hid | 'ana 'itdareetaacnaa iictdaeryt | أنا َ إتدا َريت |
| We hid | 'ihna 'itdareenaiicHnaa iictdaerynaa | إحنا َ إتدا َرينا |
| You(m) hid | 'inta 'itdareetiicnta iictdaeryt | إنت َ إتدا َريت |
| You(f) hid | 'inti 'itdareetiiicnti iictdaeryty | إنت ِ إتدا َريتي |
| You(pl) hid | 'intu 'itdareetuiicntoo iictdaerytoo | إنتوا إتدا َريتوا |
| He/it(m) hid | huwa 'itdaerahuwa iictdaeraa | هـُو َ إتدا َرا |
| She/it(f) hid | hiya 'itdaerithiya iictdaerit | هـِي َ إتدا َر ِت |
| They hid | humma 'itdaruhumma iictdaeroo | هـُمّ َ إتدا َروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hide | 'ana yimkin 'atdaeraaacnaa yimkin aactdaeraa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتدا َرا |
| We might hide | 'ihna yimkin nitdaeraiicHnaa yimkin nitdaeraa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتدا َرا |
| You(m) might hide | 'inta yimkin titdaeraiicnta yimkin titdaeraa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتدا َرا |
| You(f) might hide | 'inti yimkin titdaeraiicnti yimkin titdaeraa | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتدا َرا |
| You(pl) might hide | 'intu yimkin titdaruiicntoo yimkin titdaeroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتدا َروا |
| He/it(m) might hide | huwa yimkin yitdaerahuwa yimkin yitdaeraa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتدا َرا |
| She/it(f) might hide | hiya yimkin titdaerahiya yimkin titdaeraa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتدا َرا |
| They might hide | humma yimkin yitdaruhumma yimkin yitdaeroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتدا َروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hide | 'ana batdaeraaacnaa batdaeraa | أنا َ بـَتدا َرا |
| We hide | 'ihna bintdaeraiicHnaa bintdaeraa | إحنا َ بـِنتدا َرا |
| You(m) hide | 'inta bittdaeraiicnta bittdaeraa | إنت َ بـِتّدا َرا |
| You(f) hide | 'inti bittdaeraiicnti bittdaeraa | إنت ِ بـِتّدا َرا |
| You(pl) hide | 'intu bittdaruiicntoo bittdaeroo | إنتوا بـِتّدا َروا |
| He/it(m) hides | huwa biyitdaerahuwa biyitdaeraa | هـُو َ بـِيـِتدا َرا |
| She/it(f) hides | hiya bittdaerahiya bittdaeraa | هـِي َ بـِتّدا َرا |
| They hide | humma biyitdaruhumma biyitdaeroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتدا َروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hide | 'ana hatdaeraaacnaa hatdaeraa | أنا َ هـَتدا َرا |
| We will hide | 'ihna hantdaeraiicHnaa hantdaeraa | إحنا َ هـَنتدا َرا |
| You(m) will hide | 'inta hattdaeraiicnta hattdaeraa | إنت َ هـَتّدا َرا |
| You(f) will hide | 'inti hattdaeraiicnti hattdaeraa | إنت ِ هـَتّدا َرا |
| You(pl) will hide | 'intu hattdaruiicntoo hattdaeroo | إنتوا هـَتّدا َروا |
| He/it(m) will hide | huwa hayitdaerahuwa hayitdaeraa | هـُو َ هـَيـِتدا َرا |
| She/it(f) will hide | hiya hattdaerahiya hattdaeraa | هـِي َ هـَتّدا َرا |
| They will hide | humma hayitdaruhumma hayitdaeroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتدا َروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hide! | 'itdaeriiictdaery | إتدا َري |
| You(f) hide! | 'itdaeritiictdaerit | إتدا َر ِت |
| You(pl) hide! | 'itdaruiictdaeroo | إتدا َروا |
