Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I believed | 'ana sadda'taacnaa Saddaqt | أنا َ صـَدّ َقت |
| We believed | 'ihna sadda'naiicHnaa Saddaqnaa | إحنا َ صـَدّ َقنا |
| You(m) believed | 'inta sadda'tiicnta Saddaqt | إنت َ صـَدّ َقت |
| You(f) believed | 'inti sadda'tiiicnti Saddaqty | إنت ِ صـَدّ َقتي |
| You(pl) believed | 'intu sadda'tuiicntoo Saddaqtoo | إنتوا صـَدّ َقتوا |
| He/it(m) believed | huwa sadda'huwa Saddaq | هـُو َ صـَدّ َق |
| She/it(f) believed | hiya sadda'ithiya Saddaqit | هـِي َ صـَدّ َقـِت |
| They believed | humma sadda'uhumma Saddaqoo | هـُمّ َ صـَدّ َقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might believe | 'ana yimkin 'asadda'aacnaa yimkin aacSaddaq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَدّ َق |
| We might believe | 'ihna yimkin nisadda'iicHnaa yimkin niSaddaq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(m) might believe | 'inta yimkin tisadda'iicnta yimkin tiSaddaq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(f) might believe | 'inti yimkin tisadda'iiicnti yimkin tiSaddaqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَدّ َقي |
| You(pl) might believe | 'intu yimkin tisadda'uiicntoo yimkin tiSaddaqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَدّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) might believe | huwa yimkin yisadda'huwa yimkin yiSaddaq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَدّ َق |
| She/it(f) might believe | hiya yimkin tisadda'hiya yimkin tiSaddaq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَدّ َق |
| They might believe | humma yimkin yisadda'uhumma yimkin yiSaddaqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَدّ َقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I believe | 'ana basadda'aacnaa baSaddaq | أنا َ بـَصـَدّ َق |
| We believe | 'ihna binisadda'iicHnaa biniSaddaq | إحنا َ بـِنـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(m) believe | 'inta bitisadda'iicnta bitiSaddaq | إنت َ بـِتـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(f) believe | 'inti bitisadda'iiicnti bitiSaddaqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِصـَدّ َقي |
| You(pl) believe | 'intu bitisadda'uiicntoo bitiSaddaqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِصـَدّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) believes | huwa biyisadda'huwa biyiSaddaq | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَدّ َق |
| She/it(f) believes | hiya bitisadda'hiya bitiSaddaq | هـِي َ بـِتـِصـَدّ َق |
| They believe | humma biyisadda'uhumma biyiSaddaqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَدّ َقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will believe | 'ana hasadda'aacnaa haSaddaq | أنا َ هـَصـَدّ َق |
| We will believe | 'ihna hanisadda'iicHnaa haniSaddaq | إحنا َ هـَنـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(m) will believe | 'inta hatisadda'iicnta hatiSaddaq | إنت َ هـَتـِصـَدّ َق |
| You(f) will believe | 'inti hatisadda'iiicnti hatiSaddaqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِصـَدّ َقي |
| You(pl) will believe | 'intu hatisadda'uiicntoo hatiSaddaqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِصـَدّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) will believe | huwa hayisadda'huwa hayiSaddaq | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَدّ َق |
| She/it(f) will believe | hiya hatisadda'hiya hatiSaddaq | هـِي َ هـَتـِصـَدّ َق |
| They will believe | humma hayisadda'uhumma hayiSaddaqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَدّ َقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) believe! | 'isda'iicSdaq | إصد َق |
| You(f) believe! | 'isda'iiicSdaqy | إصد َقي |
| You(pl) believe! | isda'uiSdaqoo | ِصد َقوا |
