Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I asked | 'ana 'istaAantaacnaa iicstaAaent | أنا َ إستـَعا َنت |
| We asked | 'ihna 'istaAannaiicHnaa iicstaAaennaa | إحنا َ إستـَعا َنّا |
| You(m) asked | 'inta 'istaAantiicnta iicstaAaent | إنت َ إستـَعا َنت |
| You(f) asked | 'inti 'istaAantiiicnti iicstaAaenty | إنت ِ إستـَعا َنتي |
| You(pl) asked | 'intu 'istaAantuiicntoo iicstaAaentoo | إنتوا إستـَعا َنتوا |
| He/it(m) asked | huwa 'istaAaenhuwa iicstaAaen | هـُو َ إستـَعا َن |
| She/it(f) asked | hiya 'istaAaenithiya iicstaAaenit | هـِي َ إستـَعا َنـِت |
| They asked | humma 'istaAanuhumma iicstaAaenoo | هـُمّ َ إستـَعا َنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might ask | 'ana yimkin 'astaAeenaacnaa yimkin aacstaAyn | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَعين |
| We might ask | 'ihna yimkin nistaAeeniicHnaa yimkin nistaAyn | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِستـَعين |
| You(m) might ask | 'inta yimkin tistaAeeniicnta yimkin tistaAyn | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعين |
| You(f) might ask | 'inti yimkin tistaAeeniiicnti yimkin tistaAyny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعيني |
| You(pl) might ask | 'intu yimkin tistaAeenuiicntoo yimkin tistaAynoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعينوا |
| He/it(m) might ask | huwa yimkin yistaAeenhuwa yimkin yistaAyn | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعين |
| She/it(f) might ask | hiya yimkin tistaAeenhiya yimkin tistaAyn | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعين |
| They might ask | humma yimkin yistaAeenuhumma yimkin yistaAynoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعينوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I ask | 'ana bastaAeenaacnaa bastaAyn | أنا َ بـَستـَعين |
| We ask | 'ihna binistaAeeniicHnaa binistaAyn | إحنا َ بـِنـِستـَعين |
| You(m) ask | 'inta bitistaAeeniicnta bitistaAyn | إنت َ بـِتـِستـَعين |
| You(f) ask | 'inti bitistaAeeniiicnti bitistaAyny | إنت ِ بـِتـِستـَعيني |
| You(pl) ask | 'intu bitistaAeenuiicntoo bitistaAynoo | إنتوا بـِتـِستـَعينوا |
| He/it(m) asks | huwa biyistaAeenhuwa biyistaAyn | هـُو َ بـِيـِستـَعين |
| She/it(f) asks | hiya bitistaAeenhiya bitistaAyn | هـِي َ بـِتـِستـَعين |
| They ask | humma biyistaAeenuhumma biyistaAynoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِستـَعينوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will ask | 'ana hastaAeenaacnaa hastaAyn | أنا َ هـَستـَعين |
| We will ask | 'ihna hanistaAeeniicHnaa hanistaAyn | إحنا َ هـَنـِستـَعين |
| You(m) will ask | 'inta hatistaAeeniicnta hatistaAyn | إنت َ هـَتـِستـَعين |
| You(f) will ask | 'inti hatistaAeeniiicnti hatistaAyny | إنت ِ هـَتـِستـَعيني |
| You(pl) will ask | 'intu hatistaAeenuiicntoo hatistaAynoo | إنتوا هـَتـِستـَعينوا |
| He/it(m) will ask | huwa hayistaAeenhuwa hayistaAyn | هـُو َ هـَيـِستـَعين |
| She/it(f) will ask | hiya hatistaAeenhiya hatistaAyn | هـِي َ هـَتـِستـَعين |
| They will ask | humma hayistaAeenuhumma hayistaAynoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِستـَعينوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) ask! | 'istaAeeniicstaAyn | إستـَعين |
| You(f) ask! | 'istaAeeniiicstaAyny | إستـَعيني |
| You(pl) ask! | 'istaAeenuiicstaAynoo | إستـَعينوا |
