Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I boiled | 'ana sala'taacnaa salaqt | أنا َ سـَلـَقت |
| We boiled | 'ihna sala'naiicHnaa salaqnaa | إحنا َ سـَلـَقنا |
| You(m) boiled | 'inta sala'tiicnta salaqt | إنت َ سـَلـَقت |
| You(f) boiled | 'inti sala'tiiicnti salaqty | إنت ِ سـَلـَقتي |
| You(pl) boiled | 'intu sala'tuiicntoo salaqtoo | إنتوا سـَلـَقتوا |
| He/it(m) boiled | huwa sala'huwa salaq | هـُو َ سـَلـَق |
| She/it(f) boiled | hiya sala'ithiya salaqit | هـِي َ سـَلـَقـِت |
| They boiled | humma sala'uhumma salaqoo | هـُمّ َ سـَلـَقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might boil | 'ana yimkin 'aslu'aacnaa yimkin aacsluq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسلـُق |
| We might boil | 'ihna yimkin nuslu'iicHnaa yimkin nusluq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُسلـُق |
| You(m) might boil | 'inta yimkin tuslu'iicnta yimkin tusluq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُسلـُق |
| You(f) might boil | 'inti yimkin tuslu'iiicnti yimkin tusluqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُسلـُقي |
| You(pl) might boil | 'intu yimkin tuslu'uiicntoo yimkin tusluqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُسلـُقوا |
| He/it(m) might boil | huwa yimkin yuslu'huwa yimkin yusluq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُسلـُق |
| She/it(f) might boil | hiya yimkin tuslu'hiya yimkin tusluq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُسلـُق |
| They might boil | humma yimkin yuslu'uhumma yimkin yusluqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُسلـُقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I boil | 'ana baslu'aacnaa basluq | أنا َ بـَسلـُق |
| We boil | 'ihna binuslu'iicHnaa binusluq | إحنا َ بـِنـُسلـُق |
| You(m) boil | 'inta bituslu'iicnta bitusluq | إنت َ بـِتـُسلـُق |
| You(f) boil | 'inti bituslu'iiicnti bitusluqy | إنت ِ بـِتـُسلـُقي |
| You(pl) boil | 'intu bituslu'uiicntoo bitusluqoo | إنتوا بـِتـُسلـُقوا |
| He/it(m) boils | huwa biyuslu'huwa biyusluq | هـُو َ بـِيـُسلـُق |
| She/it(f) boils | hiya bituslu'hiya bitusluq | هـِي َ بـِتـُسلـُق |
| They boil | humma biyuslu'uhumma biyusluqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُسلـُقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will boil | 'ana haslu'aacnaa hasluq | أنا َ هـَسلـُق |
| We will boil | 'ihna hanuslu'iicHnaa hanusluq | إحنا َ هـَنـُسلـُق |
| You(m) will boil | 'inta hatuslu'iicnta hatusluq | إنت َ هـَتـُسلـُق |
| You(f) will boil | 'inti hatuslu'iiicnti hatusluqy | إنت ِ هـَتـُسلـُقي |
| You(pl) will boil | 'intu hatuslu'uiicntoo hatusluqoo | إنتوا هـَتـُسلـُقوا |
| He/it(m) will boil | huwa hayuslu'huwa hayusluq | هـُو َ هـَيـُسلـُق |
| She/it(f) will boil | hiya hatuslu'hiya hatusluq | هـِي َ هـَتـُسلـُق |
| They will boil | humma hayuslu'uhumma hayusluqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُسلـُقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) boil! | 'uslu'uucsluq | أ ُسلـُق |
| You(f) boil! | 'uslu'iuucsluqy | أ ُسلـُقي |
| You(pl) boil! | 'uslu'uuucsluqoo | أ ُسلـُقوا |
