Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I calmed | 'ana haddeetaacnaa haddyt | أنا َ هـَدّيت |
| We calmed | 'ihna haddeenaiicHnaa haddynaa | إحنا َ هـَدّينا |
| You(m) calmed | 'inta haddeetiicnta haddyt | إنت َ هـَدّيت |
| You(f) calmed | 'inti haddeetiiicnti haddyty | إنت ِ هـَدّيتي |
| You(pl) calmed | 'intu haddeetuiicntoo haddytoo | إنتوا هـَدّيتوا |
| He/it(m) calmed | huwa haddahuwa haddY | هـُو َ هـَدّى |
| She/it(f) calmed | hiya haddithiya haddit | هـِي َ هـَدّ ِت |
| They calmed | humma hadduhumma haddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَدّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might calm | 'ana yimkin 'ahaddiaacnaa yimkin aachaddy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـَدّي |
| We might calm | 'ihna yimkin nihaddiiicHnaa yimkin nihaddy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـَدّي |
| You(m) might calm | 'inta yimkin tihaddiiicnta yimkin tihaddy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَدّي |
| You(f) might calm | 'inti yimkin tihaddiiicnti yimkin tihaddy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَدّي |
| You(pl) might calm | 'intu yimkin tihadduiicntoo yimkin tihaddoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) might calm | huwa yimkin yihaddihuwa yimkin yihaddy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَدّي |
| She/it(f) might calm | hiya yimkin tihaddihiya yimkin tihaddy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَدّي |
| They might calm | humma yimkin yihadduhumma yimkin yihaddoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَدّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I calm | 'ana bahaddiaacnaa bahaddy | أنا َ بـَهـَدّي |
| We calm | 'ihna binhaddiiicHnaa binhaddy | إحنا َ بـِنهـَدّي |
| You(m) calm | 'inta bithaddiiicnta bithaddy | إنت َ بـِثـَدّي |
| You(f) calm | 'inti bithaddiiicnti bithaddy | إنت ِ بـِثـَدّي |
| You(pl) calm | 'intu bithadduiicntoo bithaddoo | إنتوا بـِثـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) calms | huwa biyihaddihuwa biyihaddy | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـَدّي |
| She/it(f) calms | hiya bithaddihiya bithaddy | هـِي َ بـِثـَدّي |
| They calm | humma biyihadduhumma biyihaddoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـَدّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will calm | 'ana hahaddiaacnaa hahaddy | أنا َ هـَهـَدّي |
| We will calm | 'ihna hanhaddiiicHnaa hanhaddy | إحنا َ هـَنهـَدّي |
| You(m) will calm | 'inta hathaddiiicnta hathaddy | إنت َ هـَثـَدّي |
| You(f) will calm | 'inti hathaddiiicnti hathaddy | إنت ِ هـَثـَدّي |
| You(pl) will calm | 'intu hathadduiicntoo hathaddoo | إنتوا هـَثـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) will calm | huwa hayihaddihuwa hayihaddy | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـَدّي |
| She/it(f) will calm | hiya hathaddihiya hathaddy | هـِي َ هـَثـَدّي |
| They will calm | humma hayihadduhumma hayihaddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـَدّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) calm! | haddihaddy | هـَدّي |
| You(f) calm! | haddihaddy | هـَدّي |
| You(pl) calm! | hadduhaddoo | هـَدّوا |
