Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I showed | 'ana 'itbaheetaacnaa iictbaehyt | أنا َ إتبا َهيت |
| We showed | 'ihna 'itbaheenaiicHnaa iictbaehynaa | إحنا َ إتبا َهينا |
| You(m) showed | 'inta 'itbaheetiicnta iictbaehyt | إنت َ إتبا َهيت |
| You(f) showed | 'inti 'itbaheetiiicnti iictbaehyty | إنت ِ إتبا َهيتي |
| You(pl) showed | 'intu 'itbaheetuiicntoo iictbaehytoo | إنتوا إتبا َهيتوا |
| He/it(m) showed | huwa 'itbaehahuwa iictbaehaa | هـُو َ إتبا َها |
| She/it(f) showed | hiya 'itbaehithiya iictbaehit | هـِي َ إتبا َهـِت |
| They showed | humma 'itbahuhumma iictbaehoo | هـُمّ َ إتبا َهوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might show | 'ana yimkin 'atbaehaaacnaa yimkin aactbaehaa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتبا َها |
| We might show | 'ihna yimkin nitbaehaiicHnaa yimkin nitbaehaa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتبا َها |
| You(m) might show | 'inta yimkin titbaehaiicnta yimkin titbaehaa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتبا َها |
| You(f) might show | 'inti yimkin titbaehaiicnti yimkin titbaehaa | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتبا َها |
| You(pl) might show | 'intu yimkin titbahuiicntoo yimkin titbaehoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتبا َهوا |
| He/it(m) might show | huwa yimkin yitbaehahuwa yimkin yitbaehaa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتبا َها |
| She/it(f) might show | hiya yimkin titbaehahiya yimkin titbaehaa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتبا َها |
| They might show | humma yimkin yitbahuhumma yimkin yitbaehoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتبا َهوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I show | 'ana batbaehaaacnaa batbaehaa | أنا َ بـَتبا َها |
| We show | 'ihna bintbaehaiicHnaa bintbaehaa | إحنا َ بـِنتبا َها |
| You(m) show | 'inta bittbaehaiicnta bittbaehaa | إنت َ بـِتّبا َها |
| You(f) show | 'inti bittbaehaiicnti bittbaehaa | إنت ِ بـِتّبا َها |
| You(pl) show | 'intu bittbahuiicntoo bittbaehoo | إنتوا بـِتّبا َهوا |
| He/it(m) shows | huwa biyitbaehahuwa biyitbaehaa | هـُو َ بـِيـِتبا َها |
| She/it(f) shows | hiya bittbaehahiya bittbaehaa | هـِي َ بـِتّبا َها |
| They show | humma biyitbahuhumma biyitbaehoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتبا َهوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will show | 'ana hatbaehaaacnaa hatbaehaa | أنا َ هـَتبا َها |
| We will show | 'ihna hantbaehaiicHnaa hantbaehaa | إحنا َ هـَنتبا َها |
| You(m) will show | 'inta hattbaehaiicnta hattbaehaa | إنت َ هـَتّبا َها |
| You(f) will show | 'inti hattbaehaiicnti hattbaehaa | إنت ِ هـَتّبا َها |
| You(pl) will show | 'intu hattbahuiicntoo hattbaehoo | إنتوا هـَتّبا َهوا |
| He/it(m) will show | huwa hayitbaehahuwa hayitbaehaa | هـُو َ هـَيـِتبا َها |
| She/it(f) will show | hiya hattbaehahiya hattbaehaa | هـِي َ هـَتّبا َها |
| They will show | humma hayitbahuhumma hayitbaehoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتبا َهوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) show! | 'itbaehiiictbaehy | إتبا َهي |
| You(f) show! | 'itbaehitiictbaehit | إتبا َهـِت |
| You(pl) show! | 'itbahuiictbaehoo | إتبا َهوا |
