Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I let | 'ana seebtaacnaa sybt | أنا َ سيبت |
| We let | 'ihna seebnaiicHnaa sybnaa | إحنا َ سيبنا |
| You(m) let | 'inta seebtiicnta sybt | إنت َ سيبت |
| You(f) let | 'inti seebtiiicnti sybty | إنت ِ سيبتي |
| You(pl) let | 'intu seebtuiicntoo sybtoo | إنتوا سيبتوا |
| He/it(m) let | huwa saebhuwa saeb | هـُو َ سا َب |
| She/it(f) let | hiya saebithiya saebit | هـِي َ سا َبـِت |
| They let | humma sabuhumma saeboo | هـُمّ َ سا َبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might let | 'ana yimkin 'aseebaacnaa yimkin aacsyb | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسيب |
| We might let | 'ihna yimkin niseebiicHnaa yimkin nisyb | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسيب |
| You(m) might let | 'inta yimkin tiseebiicnta yimkin tisyb | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسيب |
| You(f) might let | 'inti yimkin tiseebiiicnti yimkin tisyby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسيبي |
| You(pl) might let | 'intu yimkin tiseebuiicntoo yimkin tisyboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسيبوا |
| He/it(m) might let | huwa yimkin yiseebhuwa yimkin yisyb | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسيب |
| She/it(f) might let | hiya yimkin tiseebhiya yimkin tisyb | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسيب |
| They might let | humma yimkin yiseebuhumma yimkin yisyboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسيبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I let | 'ana baseebaacnaa basyb | أنا َ بـَسيب |
| We let | 'ihna binseebiicHnaa binsyb | إحنا َ بـِنسيب |
| You(m) let | 'inta bitseebiicnta bitsyb | إنت َ بـِتسيب |
| You(f) let | 'inti bitseebiiicnti bitsyby | إنت ِ بـِتسيبي |
| You(pl) let | 'intu bitseebuiicntoo bitsyboo | إنتوا بـِتسيبوا |
| He/it(m) lets | huwa biyiseebhuwa biyisyb | هـُو َ بـِيـِسيب |
| She/it(f) lets | hiya bitseebhiya bitsyb | هـِي َ بـِتسيب |
| They let | humma biyiseebuhumma biyisyboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسيبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will let | 'ana haseebaacnaa hasyb | أنا َ هـَسيب |
| We will let | 'ihna hanseebiicHnaa hansyb | إحنا َ هـَنسيب |
| You(m) will let | 'inta hatseebiicnta hatsyb | إنت َ هـَتسيب |
| You(f) will let | 'inti hatseebiiicnti hatsyby | إنت ِ هـَتسيبي |
| You(pl) will let | 'intu hatseebuiicntoo hatsyboo | إنتوا هـَتسيبوا |
| He/it(m) will let | huwa hayiseebhuwa hayisyb | هـُو َ هـَيـِسيب |
| She/it(f) will let | hiya hatseebhiya hatsyb | هـِي َ هـَتسيب |
| They will let | humma hayiseebuhumma hayisyboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسيبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) let! | seebsyb | سيب |
| You(f) let! | seebisyby | سيبي |
| You(pl) let! | seebusyboo | سيبوا |
