Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I built | 'ana baneetaacnaa banyt | أنا َ بـَنيت |
| We built | 'ihna baneenaiicHnaa banynaa | إحنا َ بـَنينا |
| You(m) built | 'inta baneetiicnta banyt | إنت َ بـَنيت |
| You(f) built | 'inti baneetiiicnti banyty | إنت ِ بـَنيتي |
| You(pl) built | 'intu baneetuiicntoo banytoo | إنتوا بـَنيتوا |
| He/it(m) built | huwa banahuwa banY | هـُو َ بـَنى |
| She/it(f) built | hiya banyithiya banyit | هـِي َ بـَنيـِت |
| They built | humma banuhumma banoo | هـُمّ َ بـَنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might build | 'ana yimkin 'abniaacnaa yimkin aacbny | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبني |
| We might build | 'ihna yimkin nibniiicHnaa yimkin nibny | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبني |
| You(m) might build | 'inta yimkin tibniiicnta yimkin tibny | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبني |
| You(f) might build | 'inti yimkin tibniiicnti yimkin tibny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبني |
| You(pl) might build | 'intu yimkin tibnuiicntoo yimkin tibnoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبنوا |
| He/it(m) might build | huwa yimkin yibnihuwa yimkin yibny | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبني |
| She/it(f) might build | hiya yimkin tibnihiya yimkin tibny | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبني |
| They might build | humma yimkin yibnuhumma yimkin yibnoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I build | 'ana babniaacnaa babny | أنا َ بـَبني |
| We build | 'ihna binibniiicHnaa binibny | إحنا َ بـِنـِبني |
| You(m) build | 'inta bitibniiicnta bitibny | إنت َ بـِتـِبني |
| You(f) build | 'inti bitibniiicnti bitibny | إنت ِ بـِتـِبني |
| You(pl) build | 'intu bitibnuiicntoo bitibnoo | إنتوا بـِتـِبنوا |
| He/it(m) builds | huwa biyibnihuwa biyibny | هـُو َ بـِيـِبني |
| She/it(f) builds | hiya bitibnihiya bitibny | هـِي َ بـِتـِبني |
| They build | humma biyibnuhumma biyibnoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will build | 'ana habniaacnaa habny | أنا َ هـَبني |
| We will build | 'ihna hanibniiicHnaa hanibny | إحنا َ هـَنـِبني |
| You(m) will build | 'inta hatibniiicnta hatibny | إنت َ هـَتـِبني |
| You(f) will build | 'inti hatibniiicnti hatibny | إنت ِ هـَتـِبني |
| You(pl) will build | 'intu hatibnuiicntoo hatibnoo | إنتوا هـَتـِبنوا |
| He/it(m) will build | huwa hayibnihuwa hayibny | هـُو َ هـَيـِبني |
| She/it(f) will build | hiya hatibnihiya hatibny | هـِي َ هـَتـِبني |
| They will build | humma hayibnuhumma hayibnoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) build! | 'ibniiicbny | إبني |
| You(f) build! | 'ibniiicbny | إبني |
| You(pl) build! | 'ibnuiicbnoo | إبنوا |
