Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I desired | 'ana bagheetaacnaa baGyt | أنا َ بـَغيت |
| We desired | 'ihna bagheenaiicHnaa baGynaa | إحنا َ بـَغينا |
| You(m) desired | 'inta bagheetiicnta baGyt | إنت َ بـَغيت |
| You(f) desired | 'inti bagheetiiicnti baGyty | إنت ِ بـَغيتي |
| You(pl) desired | 'intu bagheetuiicntoo baGytoo | إنتوا بـَغيتوا |
| He/it(m) desired | huwa baghahuwa baGaa | هـُو َ بـَغا |
| She/it(f) desired | hiya baghithiya baGit | هـِي َ بـَغـِت |
| They desired | humma baghuhumma baGoo | هـُمّ َ بـَغوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might desire | 'ana yimkin 'abghaaacnaa yimkin aacbGaa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبغا |
| We might desire | 'ihna yimkin nibghaiicHnaa yimkin nibGaa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبغا |
| You(m) might desire | 'inta yimkin tibghaiicnta yimkin tibGaa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبغا |
| You(f) might desire | 'inti yimkin tibghiiicnti yimkin tibGy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبغي |
| You(pl) might desire | 'intu yimkin tibghuiicntoo yimkin tibGoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبغوا |
| He/it(m) might desire | huwa yimkin yibghahuwa yimkin yibGaa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبغا |
| She/it(f) might desire | hiya yimkin tibghahiya yimkin tibGaa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبغا |
| They might desire | humma yimkin yibghuhumma yimkin yibGoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبغوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I desire | 'ana babghaaacnaa babGaa | أنا َ بـَبغا |
| We desire | 'ihna binibghaiicHnaa binibGaa | إحنا َ بـِنـِبغا |
| You(m) desire | 'inta bitibghaiicnta bitibGaa | إنت َ بـِتـِبغا |
| You(f) desire | 'inti bitibghiiicnti bitibGy | إنت ِ بـِتـِبغي |
| You(pl) desire | 'intu bitibghuiicntoo bitibGoo | إنتوا بـِتـِبغوا |
| He/it(m) desires | huwa biyibghahuwa biyibGaa | هـُو َ بـِيـِبغا |
| She/it(f) desires | hiya bitibghahiya bitibGaa | هـِي َ بـِتـِبغا |
| They desire | humma biyibghuhumma biyibGoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبغوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will desire | 'ana habghaaacnaa habGaa | أنا َ هـَبغا |
| We will desire | 'ihna hanibghaiicHnaa hanibGaa | إحنا َ هـَنـِبغا |
| You(m) will desire | 'inta hatibghaiicnta hatibGaa | إنت َ هـَتـِبغا |
| You(f) will desire | 'inti hatibghiiicnti hatibGy | إنت ِ هـَتـِبغي |
| You(pl) will desire | 'intu hatibghuiicntoo hatibGoo | إنتوا هـَتـِبغوا |
| He/it(m) will desire | huwa hayibghahuwa hayibGaa | هـُو َ هـَيـِبغا |
| She/it(f) will desire | hiya hatibghahiya hatibGaa | هـِي َ هـَتـِبغا |
| They will desire | humma hayibghuhumma hayibGoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبغوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) desire! | 'ibghaiicbGaa | إبغا |
| You(f) desire! | 'ibghiiicbGy | إبغي |
| You(pl) desire! | 'ibghuiicbGoo | إبغوا |
