Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I was | 'ana 'inbasattaacnaa iicnbasaTt | أنا َ إنبـَسـَطت |
| We was | 'ihna 'inbasatnaiicHnaa iicnbasaTnaa | إحنا َ إنبـَسـَطنا |
| You(m) was | 'inta 'inbasattiicnta iicnbasaTt | إنت َ إنبـَسـَطت |
| You(f) was | 'inti 'inbasattiiicnti iicnbasaTty | إنت ِ إنبـَسـَطتي |
| You(pl) was | 'intu 'inbasattuiicntoo iicnbasaTtoo | إنتوا إنبـَسـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) was | huwa 'inbasathuwa iicnbasaT | هـُو َ إنبـَسـَط |
| She/it(f) was | hiya 'inbasatithiya iicnbasaTit | هـِي َ إنبـَسـَطـِت |
| They was | humma 'inbasatuhumma iicnbasaToo | هـُمّ َ إنبـَسـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might be | 'ana yimkin 'anbisitaacnaa yimkin aacnbisiT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنبـِسـِط |
| We might be | 'ihna yimkin ninbisitiicHnaa yimkin ninbisiT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(m) might be | 'inta yimkin tinbisitiicnta yimkin tinbisiT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(f) might be | 'inti yimkin tinbistiiicnti yimkin tinbisTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنبـِسطي |
| You(pl) might be | 'intu yimkin tinbistuiicntoo yimkin tinbisToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) might be | huwa yimkin yinbisithuwa yimkin yinbisiT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) might be | hiya yimkin tinbisithiya yimkin tinbisiT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنبـِسـِط |
| They might be | humma yimkin yinbistuhumma yimkin yinbisToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنبـِسطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I be | 'ana banbisitaacnaa banbisiT | أنا َ بـَنبـِسـِط |
| We be | 'ihna bininbisitiicHnaa bininbisiT | إحنا َ بـِنـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(m) be | 'inta bitinbisitiicnta bitinbisiT | إنت َ بـِتـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(f) be | 'inti bitinbistiiicnti bitinbisTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِنبـِسطي |
| You(pl) be | 'intu bitinbistuiicntoo bitinbisToo | إنتوا بـِتـِنبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) bes | huwa biyinbisithuwa biyinbisiT | هـُو َ بـِيـِنبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) bes | hiya bitinbisithiya bitinbisiT | هـِي َ بـِتـِنبـِسـِط |
| They be | humma biyinbistuhumma biyinbisToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنبـِسطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will be | 'ana hanbisitaacnaa hanbisiT | أنا َ هـَنبـِسـِط |
| We will be | 'ihna haninbisitiicHnaa haninbisiT | إحنا َ هـَنـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(m) will be | 'inta hatinbisitiicnta hatinbisiT | إنت َ هـَتـِنبـِسـِط |
| You(f) will be | 'inti hatinbistiiicnti hatinbisTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِنبـِسطي |
| You(pl) will be | 'intu hatinbistuiicntoo hatinbisToo | إنتوا هـَتـِنبـِسطوا |
| He/it(m) will be | huwa hayinbisithuwa hayinbisiT | هـُو َ هـَيـِنبـِسـِط |
| She/it(f) will be | hiya hatinbisithiya hatinbisiT | هـِي َ هـَتـِنبـِسـِط |
| They will be | humma hayinbistuhumma hayinbisToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنبـِسطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) be! | 'inbasatiicnbasaT | إنبـَسـَط |
| You(f) be! | 'inbasatitiicnbasaTit | إنبـَسـَطـِت |
| You(pl) be! | 'inbasatuiicnbasaToo | إنبـَسـَطوا |
