Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I was | 'ana 'itbasattaacnaa iictbasaTt | أنا َ إتبـَسـَطت |
| We was | 'ihna 'itbasatnaiicHnaa iictbasaTnaa | إحنا َ إتبـَسـَطنا |
| You(m) was | 'inta 'itbasattiicnta iictbasaTt | إنت َ إتبـَسـَطت |
| You(f) was | 'inti 'itbasattiiicnti iictbasaTty | إنت ِ إتبـَسـَطتي |
| You(pl) was | 'intu 'itbasattuiicntoo iictbasaTtoo | إنتوا إتبـَسـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) was | huwa 'itbasathuwa iictbasaT | هـُو َ إتبـَسـَط |
| She/it(f) was | hiya 'itbasatithiya iictbasaTit | هـِي َ إتبـَسـَطـِت |
| They was | humma 'itbasatuhumma iictbasaToo | هـُمّ َ إتبـَسـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might be | 'ana yimkin 'atbisitaacnaa yimkin aactbisiT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتبـِسـِط |
| We might be | 'ihna yimkin nitbisitiicHnaa yimkin nitbisiT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(m) might be | 'inta yimkin titbisitiicnta yimkin titbisiT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(f) might be | 'inti yimkin titbistiiicnti yimkin titbisTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتبـِسطي |
| You(pl) might be | 'intu yimkin titbistuiicntoo yimkin titbisToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) might be | huwa yimkin yitbisithuwa yimkin yitbisiT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) might be | hiya yimkin titbisithiya yimkin titbisiT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتبـِسـِط |
| They might be | humma yimkin yitbistuhumma yimkin yitbisToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتبـِسطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I be | 'ana batbisitaacnaa batbisiT | أنا َ بـَتبـِسـِط |
| We be | 'ihna binitbisitiicHnaa binitbisiT | إحنا َ بـِنـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(m) be | 'inta bititbisitiicnta bititbisiT | إنت َ بـِتـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(f) be | 'inti bititbistiiicnti bititbisTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتبـِسطي |
| You(pl) be | 'intu bititbistuiicntoo bititbisToo | إنتوا بـِتـِتبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) bes | huwa biyitbisithuwa biyitbisiT | هـُو َ بـِيـِتبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) bes | hiya bititbisithiya bititbisiT | هـِي َ بـِتـِتبـِسـِط |
| They be | humma biyitbistuhumma biyitbisToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتبـِسطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will be | 'ana hatbisitaacnaa hatbisiT | أنا َ هـَتبـِسـِط |
| We will be | 'ihna hanitbisitiicHnaa hanitbisiT | إحنا َ هـَنـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(m) will be | 'inta hatitbisitiicnta hatitbisiT | إنت َ هـَتـِتبـِسـِط |
| You(f) will be | 'inti hatitbistiiicnti hatitbisTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتبـِسطي |
| You(pl) will be | 'intu hatitbistuiicntoo hatitbisToo | إنتوا هـَتـِتبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) will be | huwa hayitbisithuwa hayitbisiT | هـُو َ هـَيـِتبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) will be | hiya hatitbisithiya hatitbisiT | هـِي َ هـَتـِتبـِسـِط |
| They will be | humma hayitbistuhumma hayitbisToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتبـِسطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) be! | 'itbisitiictbisiT | إتبـِسـِط |
| You(f) be! | 'itbisitiiictbisiTy | إتبـِسـِطي |
| You(pl) be! | 'itbisituiictbisiToo | إتبـِسـِطوا |
