Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I attacked | 'ana hagamtaacnaa hagamt | أنا َ هـَجـَمت |
| We attacked | 'ihna hagamnaiicHnaa hagamnaa | إحنا َ هـَجـَمنا |
| You(m) attacked | 'inta hagamtiicnta hagamt | إنت َ هـَجـَمت |
| You(f) attacked | 'inti hagamtiiicnti hagamty | إنت ِ هـَجـَمتي |
| You(pl) attacked | 'intu hagamtuiicntoo hagamtoo | إنتوا هـَجـَمتوا |
| He/it(m) attacked | huwa hagamhuwa hagam | هـُو َ هـَجـَم |
| She/it(f) attacked | hiya hagamithiya hagamit | هـِي َ هـَجـَمـِت |
| They attacked | humma hagamuhumma hagamoo | هـُمّ َ هـَجـَموا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might attack | 'ana yimkin 'ahgimaacnaa yimkin aachgim | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهجـِم |
| We might attack | 'ihna yimkin nihgimiicHnaa yimkin nihgim | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهجـِم |
| You(m) might attack | 'inta yimkin tihgimiicnta yimkin tihgim | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهجـِم |
| You(f) might attack | 'inti yimkin tihgimiiicnti yimkin tihgimy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهجـِمي |
| You(pl) might attack | 'intu yimkin tihgimuiicntoo yimkin tihgimoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهجـِموا |
| He/it(m) might attack | huwa yimkin yihgimhuwa yimkin yihgim | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهجـِم |
| She/it(f) might attack | hiya yimkin tihgimhiya yimkin tihgim | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهجـِم |
| They might attack | humma yimkin yihgimuhumma yimkin yihgimoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهجـِموا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I attack | 'ana bahgimaacnaa bahgim | أنا َ بـَهجـِم |
| We attack | 'ihna binihgimiicHnaa binihgim | إحنا َ بـِنـِهجـِم |
| You(m) attack | 'inta bitihgimiicnta bitihgim | إنت َ بـِتـِهجـِم |
| You(f) attack | 'inti bitihgimiiicnti bitihgimy | إنت ِ بـِتـِهجـِمي |
| You(pl) attack | 'intu bitihgimuiicntoo bitihgimoo | إنتوا بـِتـِهجـِموا |
| He/it(m) attacks | huwa biyihgimhuwa biyihgim | هـُو َ بـِيـِهجـِم |
| She/it(f) attacks | hiya bitihgimhiya bitihgim | هـِي َ بـِتـِهجـِم |
| They attack | humma biyihgimuhumma biyihgimoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهجـِموا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will attack | 'ana hahgimaacnaa hahgim | أنا َ هـَهجـِم |
| We will attack | 'ihna hanihgimiicHnaa hanihgim | إحنا َ هـَنـِهجـِم |
| You(m) will attack | 'inta hatihgimiicnta hatihgim | إنت َ هـَتـِهجـِم |
| You(f) will attack | 'inti hatihgimiiicnti hatihgimy | إنت ِ هـَتـِهجـِمي |
| You(pl) will attack | 'intu hatihgimuiicntoo hatihgimoo | إنتوا هـَتـِهجـِموا |
| He/it(m) will attack | huwa hayihgimhuwa hayihgim | هـُو َ هـَيـِهجـِم |
| She/it(f) will attack | hiya hatihgimhiya hatihgim | هـِي َ هـَتـِهجـِم |
| They will attack | humma hayihgimuhumma hayihgimoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهجـِموا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) attack! | 'ihgimiichgim | إهجـِم |
| You(f) attack! | 'ihgimiiichgimy | إهجـِمي |
| You(pl) attack! | 'ihgimuiichgimoo | إهجـِموا |
