Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I shrugged | 'ana hazzeetaacnaa hazzyt | أنا َ هـَزّيت |
| We shrugged | 'ihna hazzeenaiicHnaa hazzynaa | إحنا َ هـَزّينا |
| You(m) shrugged | 'inta hazzeetiicnta hazzyt | إنت َ هـَزّيت |
| You(f) shrugged | 'inti hazzeetiiicnti hazzyty | إنت ِ هـَزّيتي |
| You(pl) shrugged | 'intu hazzeetuiicntoo hazzytoo | إنتوا هـَزّيتوا |
| He/it(m) shrugged | huwa hazzhuwa hazz | هـُو َ هـَزّ |
| She/it(f) shrugged | hiya hazzithiya hazzit | هـِي َ هـَزّ ِت |
| They shrugged | humma hazzuhumma hazzoo | هـُمّ َ هـَزّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might shrug | 'ana yimkin 'ahizzaacnaa yimkin aachizz | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـِزّ |
| We might shrug | 'ihna yimkin nihizziicHnaa yimkin nihizz | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـِزّ |
| You(m) might shrug | 'inta yimkin tihizziicnta yimkin tihizz | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِزّ |
| You(f) might shrug | 'inti yimkin tihizziiicnti yimkin tihizzy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِزّي |
| You(pl) might shrug | 'intu yimkin tihizzuiicntoo yimkin tihizzoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـِزّوا |
| He/it(m) might shrug | huwa yimkin yihizzhuwa yimkin yihizz | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِزّ |
| She/it(f) might shrug | hiya yimkin tihizzhiya yimkin tihizz | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِزّ |
| They might shrug | humma yimkin yihizzuhumma yimkin yihizzoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِزّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I shrug | 'ana bahizzaacnaa bahizz | أنا َ بـَهـِزّ |
| We shrug | 'ihna binhizziicHnaa binhizz | إحنا َ بـِنهـِزّ |
| You(m) shrug | 'inta bithizziicnta bithizz | إنت َ بـِثـِزّ |
| You(f) shrug | 'inti bithizziiicnti bithizzy | إنت ِ بـِثـِزّي |
| You(pl) shrug | 'intu bithizzuiicntoo bithizzoo | إنتوا بـِثـِزّوا |
| He/it(m) shrugs | huwa biyihizzhuwa biyihizz | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـِزّ |
| She/it(f) shrugs | hiya bithizzhiya bithizz | هـِي َ بـِثـِزّ |
| They shrug | humma biyihizzuhumma biyihizzoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـِزّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will shrug | 'ana hahizzaacnaa hahizz | أنا َ هـَهـِزّ |
| We will shrug | 'ihna hanhizziicHnaa hanhizz | إحنا َ هـَنهـِزّ |
| You(m) will shrug | 'inta hathizziicnta hathizz | إنت َ هـَثـِزّ |
| You(f) will shrug | 'inti hathizziiicnti hathizzy | إنت ِ هـَثـِزّي |
| You(pl) will shrug | 'intu hathizzuiicntoo hathizzoo | إنتوا هـَثـِزّوا |
| He/it(m) will shrug | huwa hayihizzhuwa hayihizz | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـِزّ |
| She/it(f) will shrug | hiya hathizzhiya hathizz | هـِي َ هـَثـِزّ |
| They will shrug | humma hayihizzuhumma hayihizzoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـِزّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) shrug! | hizzhizz | هـِزّ |
| You(f) shrug! | hizzihizzy | هـِزّي |
| You(pl) shrug! | hizzuhizzoo | هـِزّوا |
