Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I favoured | 'ana 'istahsintaacnaa iicstaHsint | أنا َ إستـَحسـِنت |
| We favoured | 'ihna 'istahsinnaiicHnaa iicstaHsinnaa | إحنا َ إستـَحسـِنّا |
| You(m) favoured | 'inta 'istahsintiicnta iicstaHsint | إنت َ إستـَحسـِنت |
| You(f) favoured | 'inti 'istahsintiiicnti iicstaHsinty | إنت ِ إستـَحسـِنتي |
| You(pl) favoured | 'intu 'istahsintuiicntoo iicstaHsintoo | إنتوا إستـَحسـِنتوا |
| He/it(m) favoured | huwa 'istahsinhuwa iicstaHsin | هـُو َ إستـَحسـِن |
| She/it(f) favoured | hiya 'istahsinithiya iicstaHsinit | هـِي َ إستـَحسـِنـِت |
| They favoured | humma 'istahsinuhumma iicstaHsinoo | هـُمّ َ إستـَحسـِنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might favour | 'ana yimkin 'astahsinaacnaa yimkin aacstaHsin | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَحسـِن |
| We might favour | 'ihna yimkin nistahsiniicHnaa yimkin nistaHsin | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(m) might favour | 'inta yimkin tistahsiniicnta yimkin tistaHsin | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(f) might favour | 'inti yimkin titsahsiniiicnti yimkin titsaHsiny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحسـِني |
| You(pl) might favour | 'intu yimkin titsahsinuiicntoo yimkin titsaHsinoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحسـِنوا |
| He/it(m) might favour | huwa yimkin yistahsinhuwa yimkin yistaHsin | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَحسـِن |
| She/it(f) might favour | hiya yimkin tistahsinhiya yimkin tistaHsin | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَحسـِن |
| They might favour | humma yimkin yistahsinuhumma yimkin yistaHsinoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَحسـِنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I favour | 'ana bastahsinaacnaa bastaHsin | أنا َ بـَستـَحسـِن |
| We favour | 'ihna binistahsiniicHnaa binistaHsin | إحنا َ بـِنـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(m) favour | 'inta bitistahsiniicnta bitistaHsin | إنت َ بـِتـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(f) favour | 'inti bitisihsiniiicnti bitisiHsiny | إنت ِ بـِتـِسـِحسـِني |
| You(pl) favour | 'intu bitistahsinuiicntoo bitistaHsinoo | إنتوا بـِتـِستـَحسـِنوا |
| He/it(m) favours | huwa biyistahsinhuwa biyistaHsin | هـُو َ بـِيـِستـَحسـِن |
| She/it(f) favours | hiya bitistahsinhiya bitistaHsin | هـِي َ بـِتـِستـَحسـِن |
| They favour | humma biyistahsinuhumma biyistaHsinoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِستـَحسـِنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will favour | 'ana hastahsinaacnaa hastaHsin | أنا َ هـَستـَحسـِن |
| We will favour | 'ihna hanistahsiniicHnaa hanistaHsin | إحنا َ هـَنـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(m) will favour | 'inta hatistahsiniicnta hatistaHsin | إنت َ هـَتـِستـَحسـِن |
| You(f) will favour | 'inti hatistahsiniiicnti hatistaHsiny | إنت ِ هـَتـِستـَحسـِني |
| You(pl) will favour | 'intu hatistahsinuiicntoo hatistaHsinoo | إنتوا هـَتـِستـَحسـِنوا |
| He/it(m) will favour | huwa hayistahsinhuwa hayistaHsin | هـُو َ هـَيـِستـَحسـِن |
| She/it(f) will favour | hiya hatistahsinhiya hatistaHsin | هـِي َ هـَتـِستـَحسـِن |
| They will favour | humma hayistahsinuhumma hayistaHsinoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِستـَحسـِنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) favour! | 'istahsiniicstaHsin | إستـَحسـِن |
| You(f) favour! | 'istahsiniiicstaHsiny | إستـَحسـِني |
| You(pl) favour! | 'istahsinuiicstaHsinoo | إستـَحسـِنوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is favoured | huwa mistahsinhuwa mistaHsin | هـُو َ مـِستـَحسـِن |
| She/it(f) is favoured | hiya mistahsinahiya mistaHsinaö | هـِي َ مـِستـَحسـِنـَة |
| They are favoured | humma mistahsineenhumma mistaHsinyn | هـُمّ َ مـِستـَحسـِنين |
