Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I bent | 'ana taneetaacnaa tanyt | أنا َ تـَنيت |
We bent | 'ihna taneenaiicHnaa tanynaa | إحنا َ تـَنينا |
You(m) bent | 'inta taneetiicnta tanyt | إنت َ تـَنيت |
You(f) bent | 'inti taneetiiicnti tanyty | إنت ِ تـَنيتي |
You(pl) bent | 'intu taneetuiicntoo tanytoo | إنتوا تـَنيتوا |
He/it(m) bent | huwa tanahuwa tanY | هـُو َ تـَنى |
She/it(f) bent | hiya tanyithiya tanyit | هـِي َ تـَنيـِت |
They bent | humma tanuhumma tanoo | هـُمّ َ تـَنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might bend | 'ana yimkin 'atniaacnaa yimkin aactny | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتني |
We might bend | 'ihna yimkin nitniiicHnaa yimkin nitny | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتني |
You(m) might bend | 'inta yimkin titniiicnta yimkin titny | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتني |
You(f) might bend | 'inti yimkin titniiicnti yimkin titny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتني |
You(pl) might bend | 'intu yimkin titnuiicntoo yimkin titnoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتنوا |
He/it(m) might bend | huwa yimkin yitnihuwa yimkin yitny | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتني |
She/it(f) might bend | hiya yimkin titnihiya yimkin titny | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتني |
They might bend | humma yimkin yitnuhumma yimkin yitnoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I bend | 'ana batniaacnaa batny | أنا َ بـَتني |
We bend | 'ihna binitniiicHnaa binitny | إحنا َ بـِنـِتني |
You(m) bend | 'inta bititniiicnta bititny | إنت َ بـِتـِتني |
You(f) bend | 'inti bititniiicnti bititny | إنت ِ بـِتـِتني |
You(pl) bend | 'intu bititnuiicntoo bititnoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتنوا |
He/it(m) bends | huwa biyitnihuwa biyitny | هـُو َ بـِيـِتني |
She/it(f) bends | hiya bititnihiya bititny | هـِي َ بـِتـِتني |
They bend | humma biyitnuhumma biyitnoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will bend | 'ana hatniaacnaa hatny | أنا َ هـَتني |
We will bend | 'ihna hanitniiicHnaa hanitny | إحنا َ هـَنـِتني |
You(m) will bend | 'inta hatitniiicnta hatitny | إنت َ هـَتـِتني |
You(f) will bend | 'inti hatitniiicnti hatitny | إنت ِ هـَتـِتني |
You(pl) will bend | 'intu hatitnuiicntoo hatitnoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتنوا |
He/it(m) will bend | huwa hayitnihuwa hayitny | هـُو َ هـَيـِتني |
She/it(f) will bend | hiya hatitnihiya hatitny | هـِي َ هـَتـِتني |
They will bend | humma hayitnuhumma hayitnoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) bend! | 'itniiictny | إتني |
You(f) bend! | 'itniiictny | إتني |
You(pl) bend! | 'itnuiictnoo | إتنوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
English | Egyptian |
He/it(m) is bent | huwa matnihuwa matny | هـُو َ مـَتني |
She/it(f) is bent | hiya matnyahiya matnyaö | هـِي َ مـَتنيـَة |
They are bent | humma matnyeenhumma matnyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَتنيين |