Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I bought | 'ana 'ishtareetaacnaa iicshtaryt | أنا َ إشتـَريت |
| We bought | 'ihna 'ishtareenaiicHnaa iicshtarynaa | إحنا َ إشتـَرينا |
| You(m) bought | 'inta 'ishtareetiicnta iicshtaryt | إنت َ إشتـَريت |
| You(f) bought | 'inti 'ishtareetiiicnti iicshtaryty | إنت ِ إشتـَريتي |
| You(pl) bought | 'intu 'ishtareetuiicntoo iicshtarytoo | إنتوا إشتـَريتوا |
| He/it(m) bought | huwa 'ishtarahuwa iicshtarY | هـُو َ إشتـَرى |
| She/it(f) bought | hiya 'ishtaryithiya iicshtaryit | هـِي َ إشتـَريـِت |
| They bought | humma 'ishtaruhumma iicshtaroo | هـُمّ َ إشتـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might buy | 'ana yimkin 'ashtiriaacnaa yimkin aacshtiry | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشتـِري |
| We might buy | 'ihna yimkin nishtiriiicHnaa yimkin nishtiry | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشتـِري |
| You(m) might buy | 'inta yimkin tishtiriiicnta yimkin tishtiry | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشتـِري |
| You(f) might buy | 'inti yimkin tishtiriiicnti yimkin tishtiry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشتـِري |
| You(pl) might buy | 'intu yimkin tishtiruiicntoo yimkin tishtiroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشتـِروا |
| He/it(m) might buy | huwa yimkin yishtirihuwa yimkin yishtiry | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشتـِري |
| She/it(f) might buy | hiya yimkin tishtirihiya yimkin tishtiry | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشتـِري |
| They might buy | humma yimkin yishtiruhumma yimkin yishtiroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشتـِروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I buy | 'ana bashtiriaacnaa bashtiry | أنا َ بـَشتـِري |
| We buy | 'ihna binishtiriiicHnaa binishtiry | إحنا َ بـِنـِشتـِري |
| You(m) buy | 'inta bitishtiriiicnta bitishtiry | إنت َ بـِتـِشتـِري |
| You(f) buy | 'inti bitishtiriiicnti bitishtiry | إنت ِ بـِتـِشتـِري |
| You(pl) buy | 'intu bitishtiruiicntoo bitishtiroo | إنتوا بـِتـِشتـِروا |
| He/it(m) buys | huwa biyishtirihuwa biyishtiry | هـُو َ بـِيـِشتـِري |
| She/it(f) buys | hiya bitishtirihiya bitishtiry | هـِي َ بـِتـِشتـِري |
| They buy | humma biyishtiruhumma biyishtiroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشتـِروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will buy | 'ana hashtiriaacnaa hashtiry | أنا َ هـَشتـِري |
| We will buy | 'ihna hanishtiriiicHnaa hanishtiry | إحنا َ هـَنـِشتـِري |
| You(m) will buy | 'inta hatishtiriiicnta hatishtiry | إنت َ هـَتـِشتـِري |
| You(f) will buy | 'inti hatishtiriiicnti hatishtiry | إنت ِ هـَتـِشتـِري |
| You(pl) will buy | 'intu hatishtiruiicntoo hatishtiroo | إنتوا هـَتـِشتـِروا |
| He/it(m) will buy | huwa hayishtirihuwa hayishtiry | هـُو َ هـَيـِشتـِري |
| She/it(f) will buy | hiya hatishtirihiya hatishtiry | هـِي َ هـَتـِشتـِري |
| They will buy | humma hayishtiruhumma hayishtiroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشتـِروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) buy! | 'ishtiriiicshtiry | إشتـِري |
| You(f) buy! | 'ishtiriiicshtiry | إشتـِري |
| You(pl) buy! | 'ishtiruiicshtiroo | إشتـِروا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is bought | huwa mishtirihuwa mishtiry | هـُو َ مـِشتـِري |
| She/it(f) is bought | hiya mishtiryahiya mishtiryaö | هـِي َ مـِشتـِريـَة |
| They are bought | humma mishtiryeenhumma mishtiryyn | هـُمّ َ مـِشتـِريين |
