Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I threw | 'ana hadaftaacnaa Hadaft | أنا َ حـَد َفت |
| We threw | 'ihna hadafnaiicHnaa Hadafnaa | إحنا َ حـَد َفنا |
| You(m) threw | 'inta hadaftiicnta Hadaft | إنت َ حـَد َفت |
| You(f) threw | 'inti hadaftiiicnti Hadafty | إنت ِ حـَد َفتي |
| You(pl) threw | 'intu hadaftuiicntoo Hadaftoo | إنتوا حـَد َفتوا |
| He/it(m) threw | huwa hadafhuwa Hadaf | هـُو َ حـَد َف |
| She/it(f) threw | hiya hadafithiya Hadafit | هـِي َ حـَد َفـِت |
| They threw | humma hadafuhumma Hadafoo | هـُمّ َ حـَد َفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might throw | 'ana yimkin 'ahdifaacnaa yimkin aacHdif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحد ِف |
| We might throw | 'ihna yimkin nihdifiicHnaa yimkin niHdif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحد ِف |
| You(m) might throw | 'inta yimkin tihdifiicnta yimkin tiHdif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحد ِف |
| You(f) might throw | 'inti yimkin tihdifiiicnti yimkin tiHdify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحد ِفي |
| You(pl) might throw | 'intu yimkin tihdifuiicntoo yimkin tiHdifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحد ِفوا |
| He/it(m) might throw | huwa yimkin yihdifhuwa yimkin yiHdif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحد ِف |
| She/it(f) might throw | hiya yimkin tihdifhiya yimkin tiHdif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحد ِف |
| They might throw | humma yimkin yihdifuhumma yimkin yiHdifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحد ِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I throw | 'ana bahdifaacnaa baHdif | أنا َ بـَحد ِف |
| We throw | 'ihna binihdifiicHnaa biniHdif | إحنا َ بـِنـِحد ِف |
| You(m) throw | 'inta bitihdifiicnta bitiHdif | إنت َ بـِتـِحد ِف |
| You(f) throw | 'inti bitihdifiiicnti bitiHdify | إنت ِ بـِتـِحد ِفي |
| You(pl) throw | 'intu bitihdifuiicntoo bitiHdifoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحد ِفوا |
| He/it(m) throws | huwa biyihdifhuwa biyiHdif | هـُو َ بـِيـِحد ِف |
| She/it(f) throws | hiya bitihdifhiya bitiHdif | هـِي َ بـِتـِحد ِف |
| They throw | humma biyihdifuhumma biyiHdifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحد ِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will throw | 'ana hahdifaacnaa haHdif | أنا َ هـَحد ِف |
| We will throw | 'ihna hanihdifiicHnaa haniHdif | إحنا َ هـَنـِحد ِف |
| You(m) will throw | 'inta hatihdifiicnta hatiHdif | إنت َ هـَتـِحد ِف |
| You(f) will throw | 'inti hatihdifiiicnti hatiHdify | إنت ِ هـَتـِحد ِفي |
| You(pl) will throw | 'intu hatihdifuiicntoo hatiHdifoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحد ِفوا |
| He/it(m) will throw | huwa hayihdifhuwa hayiHdif | هـُو َ هـَيـِحد ِف |
| She/it(f) will throw | hiya hatihdifhiya hatiHdif | هـِي َ هـَتـِحد ِف |
| They will throw | humma hayihdifuhumma hayiHdifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحد ِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) throw! | 'ihdifiicHdif | إحد ِف |
| You(f) throw! | 'ihdifiiicHdify | إحد ِفي |
| You(pl) throw! | 'ihdifuiicHdifoo | إحد ِفوا |
