Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I blew | 'ana tafeetaacnaa Tafyt | أنا َ طـَفيت |
We blew | 'ihna tafeenaiicHnaa Tafynaa | إحنا َ طـَفينا |
You(m) blew | 'inta tafeetiicnta Tafyt | إنت َ طـَفيت |
You(f) blew | 'inti tafeetiiicnti Tafyty | إنت ِ طـَفيتي |
You(pl) blew | 'intu tafeetuiicntoo Tafytoo | إنتوا طـَفيتوا |
He/it(m) blew | huwa tafahuwa TafY | هـُو َ طـَفى |
She/it(f) blew | hiya tafyithiya Tafyit | هـِي َ طـَفيـِت |
They blew | humma tafuhumma Tafoo | هـُمّ َ طـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might blow | 'ana yimkin 'atfiaacnaa yimkin aacTfy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أطفي |
We might blow | 'ihna yimkin nitfiiicHnaa yimkin niTfy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِطفي |
You(m) might blow | 'inta yimkin titfiiicnta yimkin tiTfy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
You(f) might blow | 'inti yimkin titfiiicnti yimkin tiTfy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
You(pl) might blow | 'intu yimkin titfuiicntoo yimkin tiTfoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِطفوا |
He/it(m) might blow | huwa yimkin yitfihuwa yimkin yiTfy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِطفي |
She/it(f) might blow | hiya yimkin titfihiya yimkin tiTfy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
They might blow | humma yimkin yitfuhumma yimkin yiTfoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِطفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I blow | 'ana batfiaacnaa baTfy | أنا َ بـَطفي |
We blow | 'ihna binitfiiicHnaa biniTfy | إحنا َ بـِنـِطفي |
You(m) blow | 'inta bititfiiicnta bitiTfy | إنت َ بـِتـِطفي |
You(f) blow | 'inti bititfiiicnti bitiTfy | إنت ِ بـِتـِطفي |
You(pl) blow | 'intu bititfuiicntoo bitiTfoo | إنتوا بـِتـِطفوا |
He/it(m) blows | huwa biyitfihuwa biyiTfy | هـُو َ بـِيـِطفي |
She/it(f) blows | hiya bititfihiya bitiTfy | هـِي َ بـِتـِطفي |
They blow | humma biyitfuhumma biyiTfoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِطفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will blow | 'ana hatfiaacnaa haTfy | أنا َ هـَطفي |
We will blow | 'ihna hanitfiiicHnaa haniTfy | إحنا َ هـَنـِطفي |
You(m) will blow | 'inta hatitfiiicnta hatiTfy | إنت َ هـَتـِطفي |
You(f) will blow | 'inti hatitfiiicnti hatiTfy | إنت ِ هـَتـِطفي |
You(pl) will blow | 'intu hatitfuiicntoo hatiTfoo | إنتوا هـَتـِطفوا |
He/it(m) will blow | huwa hayitfihuwa hayiTfy | هـُو َ هـَيـِطفي |
She/it(f) will blow | hiya hatitfihiya hatiTfy | هـِي َ هـَتـِطفي |
They will blow | humma hayitfuhumma hayiTfoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِطفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) blow! | 'itfiiicTfy | إطفي |
You(f) blow! | 'itfiiicTfy | إطفي |
You(pl) blow! | 'itfuiicTfoo | إطفوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
English | Egyptian |
He/it(m) is blown | huwa matfihuwa maTfy | هـُو َ مـَطفي |
She/it(f) is blown | hiya matfyahiya maTfyaö | هـِي َ مـَطفيـَة |
They are blown | humma matfyeenhumma maTfyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَطفيين |