Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I strayed | 'ana dalleetaacnaa Dallyt | أنا َ ضـَلّيت |
| We strayed | 'ihna dalleenaiicHnaa Dallynaa | إحنا َ ضـَلّينا |
| You(m) strayed | 'inta dalleetiicnta Dallyt | إنت َ ضـَلّيت |
| You(f) strayed | 'inti dalleetiiicnti Dallyty | إنت ِ ضـَلّيتي |
| You(pl) strayed | 'intu dalleetuiicntoo Dallytoo | إنتوا ضـَلّيتوا |
| He/it(m) strayed | huwa dallhuwa Dall | هـُو َ ضـَلّ |
| She/it(f) strayed | hiya dallithiya Dallit | هـِي َ ضـَلّـِت |
| They strayed | humma dalluhumma Dalloo | هـُمّ َ ضـَلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might stray | 'ana yimkin 'adullaacnaa yimkin aacDull | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أضـُلّ |
| We might stray | 'ihna yimkin nidulliicHnaa yimkin niDull | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِضـُلّ |
| You(m) might stray | 'inta yimkin tidulliicnta yimkin tiDull | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِضـُلّ |
| You(f) might stray | 'inti yimkin tidulliiicnti yimkin tiDully | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِضـُلّي |
| You(pl) might stray | 'intu yimkin tidulluiicntoo yimkin tiDulloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِضـُلّوا |
| He/it(m) might stray | huwa yimkin yidullhuwa yimkin yiDull | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِضـُلّ |
| She/it(f) might stray | hiya yimkin tidullhiya yimkin tiDull | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِضـُلّ |
| They might stray | humma yimkin yidulluhumma yimkin yiDulloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِضـُلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I stray | 'ana badullaacnaa baDull | أنا َ بـَضـُلّ |
| We stray | 'ihna bindulliicHnaa binDull | إحنا َ بـِنضـُلّ |
| You(m) stray | 'inta bitdulliicnta bitDull | إنت َ بـِتضـُلّ |
| You(f) stray | 'inti bitdulliiicnti bitDully | إنت ِ بـِتضـُلّي |
| You(pl) stray | 'intu bitdulluiicntoo bitDulloo | إنتوا بـِتضـُلّوا |
| He/it(m) strays | huwa biyidullhuwa biyiDull | هـُو َ بـِيـِضـُلّ |
| She/it(f) strays | hiya bitdullhiya bitDull | هـِي َ بـِتضـُلّ |
| They stray | humma biyidulluhumma biyiDulloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِضـُلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will stray | 'ana hadullaacnaa haDull | أنا َ هـَضـُلّ |
| We will stray | 'ihna handulliicHnaa hanDull | إحنا َ هـَنضـُلّ |
| You(m) will stray | 'inta hatdulliicnta hatDull | إنت َ هـَتضـُلّ |
| You(f) will stray | 'inti hatdulliiicnti hatDully | إنت ِ هـَتضـُلّي |
| You(pl) will stray | 'intu hatdulluiicntoo hatDulloo | إنتوا هـَتضـُلّوا |
| He/it(m) will stray | huwa hayidullhuwa hayiDull | هـُو َ هـَيـِضـُلّ |
| She/it(f) will stray | hiya hatdullhiya hatDull | هـِي َ هـَتضـُلّ |
| They will stray | humma hayidulluhumma hayiDulloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِضـُلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) stray! | 'idulliicDull | إضـُلّ |
| You(f) stray! | 'idulliiicDully | إضـُلّي |
| You(pl) stray! | 'idulluiicDulloo | إضـُلّوا |
