Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I desired | 'ana raghabtaacnaa raGabt | أنا َ ر َغـَبت |
| We desired | 'ihna raghabnaiicHnaa raGabnaa | إحنا َ ر َغـَبنا |
| You(m) desired | 'inta raghabtiicnta raGabt | إنت َ ر َغـَبت |
| You(f) desired | 'inti raghabtiiicnti raGabty | إنت ِ ر َغـَبتي |
| You(pl) desired | 'intu raghabtuiicntoo raGabtoo | إنتوا ر َغـَبتوا |
| He/it(m) desired | huwa raghabhuwa raGab | هـُو َ ر َغـَب |
| She/it(f) desired | hiya raghabithiya raGabit | هـِي َ ر َغـَبـِت |
| They desired | humma raghabuhumma raGaboo | هـُمّ َ ر َغـَبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might desire | 'ana yimkin 'arghabaacnaa yimkin aacrGab | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أرغـَب |
| We might desire | 'ihna yimkin nirghabiicHnaa yimkin nirGab | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِرغـَب |
| You(m) might desire | 'inta yimkin tirghabiicnta yimkin tirGab | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِرغـَب |
| You(f) might desire | 'inti yimkin tirghabiiicnti yimkin tirGaby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِرغـَبي |
| You(pl) might desire | 'intu yimkin tirghabuiicntoo yimkin tirGaboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِرغـَبوا |
| He/it(m) might desire | huwa yimkin yirghabhuwa yimkin yirGab | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِرغـَب |
| She/it(f) might desire | hiya yimkin tirghabhiya yimkin tirGab | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِرغـَب |
| They might desire | humma yimkin yirghabuhumma yimkin yirGaboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِرغـَبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I desire | 'ana barghabaacnaa barGab | أنا َ بـَرغـَب |
| We desire | 'ihna binirghabiicHnaa binirGab | إحنا َ بـِنـِرغـَب |
| You(m) desire | 'inta bitirghabiicnta bitirGab | إنت َ بـِتـِرغـَب |
| You(f) desire | 'inti bitirghabiiicnti bitirGaby | إنت ِ بـِتـِرغـَبي |
| You(pl) desire | 'intu bitirghabuiicntoo bitirGaboo | إنتوا بـِتـِرغـَبوا |
| He/it(m) desires | huwa biyirghabhuwa biyirGab | هـُو َ بـِيـِرغـَب |
| She/it(f) desires | hiya bitirghabhiya bitirGab | هـِي َ بـِتـِرغـَب |
| They desire | humma biyirghabuhumma biyirGaboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِرغـَبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will desire | 'ana harghabaacnaa harGab | أنا َ هـَرغـَب |
| We will desire | 'ihna hanirghabiicHnaa hanirGab | إحنا َ هـَنـِرغـَب |
| You(m) will desire | 'inta hatirghabiicnta hatirGab | إنت َ هـَتـِرغـَب |
| You(f) will desire | 'inti hatirghabiiicnti hatirGaby | إنت ِ هـَتـِرغـَبي |
| You(pl) will desire | 'intu hatirghabuiicntoo hatirGaboo | إنتوا هـَتـِرغـَبوا |
| He/it(m) will desire | huwa hayirghabhuwa hayirGab | هـُو َ هـَيـِرغـَب |
| She/it(f) will desire | hiya hatirghabhiya hatirGab | هـِي َ هـَتـِرغـَب |
| They will desire | humma hayirghabuhumma hayirGaboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِرغـَبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) desire! | 'irghabiicrGab | إرغـَب |
| You(f) desire! | 'irghabiiicrGaby | إرغـَبي |
| You(pl) desire! | 'irghabuiicrGaboo | إرغـَبوا |
