Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I absorbed | 'ana 'imtasseetaacnaa iicmtaSSyt | أنا َ إمتـَصّيت |
| We absorbed | 'ihna 'imtasseenaiicHnaa iicmtaSSynaa | إحنا َ إمتـَصّينا |
| You(m) absorbed | 'inta 'imtasseetiicnta iicmtaSSyt | إنت َ إمتـَصّيت |
| You(f) absorbed | 'inti 'imtasseetiiicnti iicmtaSSyty | إنت ِ إمتـَصّيتي |
| You(pl) absorbed | 'intu 'imtasseetuiicntoo iicmtaSSytoo | إنتوا إمتـَصّيتوا |
| He/it(m) absorbed | huwa 'imtasshuwa iicmtaSS | هـُو َ إمتـَصّ |
| She/it(f) absorbed | hiya 'imtassithiya iicmtaSSit | هـِي َ إمتـَصّـِت |
| They absorbed | humma 'imtassuhumma iicmtaSSoo | هـُمّ َ إمتـَصّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might absorb | 'ana yimkin 'amtassaacnaa yimkin aacmtaSS | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمتـَصّ |
| We might absorb | 'ihna yimkin nimtassiicHnaa yimkin nimtaSS | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمتـَصّ |
| You(m) might absorb | 'inta yimkin timtassiicnta yimkin timtaSS | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـَصّ |
| You(f) might absorb | 'inti yimkin timtassiiicnti yimkin timtaSSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـَصّي |
| You(pl) might absorb | 'intu yimkin timtassuiicntoo yimkin timtaSSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمتـَصّوا |
| He/it(m) might absorb | huwa yimkin yimtasshuwa yimkin yimtaSS | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتـَصّ |
| She/it(f) might absorb | hiya yimkin timtasshiya yimkin timtaSS | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـَصّ |
| They might absorb | humma yimkin yimtassuhumma yimkin yimtaSSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتـَصّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I absorb | 'ana bamtassaacnaa bamtaSS | أنا َ بـَمتـَصّ |
| We absorb | 'ihna binimtassiicHnaa binimtaSS | إحنا َ بـِنـِمتـَصّ |
| You(m) absorb | 'inta bitimtassiicnta bitimtaSS | إنت َ بـِتـِمتـَصّ |
| You(f) absorb | 'inti bitimtassiiicnti bitimtaSSy | إنت ِ بـِتـِمتـَصّي |
| You(pl) absorb | 'intu bitimtassuiicntoo bitimtaSSoo | إنتوا بـِتـِمتـَصّوا |
| He/it(m) absorbs | huwa biyimtasshuwa biyimtaSS | هـُو َ بـِيـِمتـَصّ |
| She/it(f) absorbs | hiya bitimtasshiya bitimtaSS | هـِي َ بـِتـِمتـَصّ |
| They absorb | humma biyimtassuhumma biyimtaSSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمتـَصّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will absorb | 'ana hamtassaacnaa hamtaSS | أنا َ هـَمتـَصّ |
| We will absorb | 'ihna hanimtassiicHnaa hanimtaSS | إحنا َ هـَنـِمتـَصّ |
| You(m) will absorb | 'inta hatimtassiicnta hatimtaSS | إنت َ هـَتـِمتـَصّ |
| You(f) will absorb | 'inti hatimtassiiicnti hatimtaSSy | إنت ِ هـَتـِمتـَصّي |
| You(pl) will absorb | 'intu hatimtassuiicntoo hatimtaSSoo | إنتوا هـَتـِمتـَصّوا |
| He/it(m) will absorb | huwa hayimtasshuwa hayimtaSS | هـُو َ هـَيـِمتـَصّ |
| She/it(f) will absorb | hiya hatimtasshiya hatimtaSS | هـِي َ هـَتـِمتـَصّ |
| They will absorb | humma hayimtassuhumma hayimtaSSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمتـَصّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) absorb! | 'imtassiicmtaSS | إمتـَصّ |
| You(f) absorb! | 'imtassiiicmtaSSy | إمتـَصّي |
| You(pl) absorb! | 'imtassuiicmtaSSoo | إمتـَصّوا |
