Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I counted | 'ana 'ahseetaacnaa aacHSyt | أنا َ أحصيت |
| We counted | 'ihna 'ahseenaiicHnaa aacHSynaa | إحنا َ أحصينا |
| You(m) counted | 'inta 'ahseetiicnta aacHSyt | إنت َ أحصيت |
| You(f) counted | 'inti 'ahseetiiicnti aacHSyty | إنت ِ أحصيتي |
| You(pl) counted | 'intu 'ahseetuiicntoo aacHSytoo | إنتوا أحصيتوا |
| He/it(m) counted | huwa 'ahsahuwa aacHSY | هـُو َ أحصى |
| She/it(f) counted | hiya 'ahsithiya aacHSit | هـِي َ أحصـِت |
| They counted | humma 'ahsuhumma aacHSoo | هـُمّ َ أحصوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might count | 'ana yimkin 'uhsiaacnaa yimkin uucHSy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أ ُحصي |
| We might count | 'ihna yimkin nuhsiiicHnaa yimkin nuHSy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُحصي |
| You(m) might count | 'inta yimkin tuhsiiicnta yimkin tuHSy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُحصي |
| You(f) might count | 'inti yimkin tuhsiiicnti yimkin tuHSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُحصي |
| You(pl) might count | 'intu yimkin tuhsuiicntoo yimkin tuHSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُحصوا |
| He/it(m) might count | huwa yimkin yuhsihuwa yimkin yuHSy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُحصي |
| She/it(f) might count | hiya yimkin tuhsihiya yimkin tuHSy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُحصي |
| They might count | humma yimkin yuhsuhumma yimkin yuHSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُحصوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I count | 'ana bahsiaacnaa baHSy | أنا َ بـَحصي |
| We count | 'ihna binuhsiiicHnaa binuHSy | إحنا َ بـِنـُحصي |
| You(m) count | 'inta bituhsiiicnta bituHSy | إنت َ بـِتـُحصي |
| You(f) count | 'inti bituhsiiicnti bituHSy | إنت ِ بـِتـُحصي |
| You(pl) count | 'intu bituhsuiicntoo bituHSoo | إنتوا بـِتـُحصوا |
| He/it(m) counts | huwa biyuhsihuwa biyuHSy | هـُو َ بـِيـُحصي |
| She/it(f) counts | hiya bituhsihiya bituHSy | هـِي َ بـِتـُحصي |
| They count | humma biyuhsuhumma biyuHSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُحصوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will count | 'ana h'ahsiaacnaa haacHSy | أنا َ هأحصي |
| We will count | 'ihna hanuhsiiicHnaa hanuHSy | إحنا َ هـَنـُحصي |
| You(m) will count | 'inta hatuhsiiicnta hatuHSy | إنت َ هـَتـُحصي |
| You(f) will count | 'inti hatuhsiiicnti hatuHSy | إنت ِ هـَتـُحصي |
| You(pl) will count | 'intu hatuhsuiicntoo hatuHSoo | إنتوا هـَتـُحصوا |
| He/it(m) will count | huwa hayuhsihuwa hayuHSy | هـُو َ هـَيـُحصي |
| She/it(f) will count | hiya hatuhsihiya hatuHSy | هـِي َ هـَتـُحصي |
| They will count | humma hayuhsuhumma hayuHSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُحصوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) count! | 'ahsiaacHSy | أحصي |
| You(f) count! | 'ahsiaacHSy | أحصي |
| You(pl) count! | 'ahsuaacHSoo | أحصوا |
