Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I paved | 'ana ballattaacnaa ballaTt | أنا َ بـَلّـَطت |
| We paved | 'ihna ballatnaiicHnaa ballaTnaa | إحنا َ بـَلّـَطنا |
| You(m) paved | 'inta ballattiicnta ballaTt | إنت َ بـَلّـَطت |
| You(f) paved | 'inti ballattiiicnti ballaTty | إنت ِ بـَلّـَطتي |
| You(pl) paved | 'intu ballattuiicntoo ballaTtoo | إنتوا بـَلّـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) paved | huwa ballathuwa ballaT | هـُو َ بـَلّـَط |
| She/it(f) paved | hiya ballatithiya ballaTit | هـِي َ بـَلّـَطـِت |
| They paved | humma ballatuhumma ballaToo | هـُمّ َ بـَلّـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might pave | 'ana yimkin 'aballataacnaa yimkin aacballaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبـَلّـَط |
| We might pave | 'ihna yimkin niballatiicHnaa yimkin niballaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(m) might pave | 'inta yimkin tiballatiicnta yimkin tiballaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(f) might pave | 'inti yimkin tiballatiiicnti yimkin tiballaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَلّـَطي |
| You(pl) might pave | 'intu yimkin tiballatuiicntoo yimkin tiballaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبـَلّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might pave | huwa yimkin yiballathuwa yimkin yiballaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَلّـَط |
| She/it(f) might pave | hiya yimkin tiballathiya yimkin tiballaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَلّـَط |
| They might pave | humma yimkin yiballatuhumma yimkin yiballaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَلّـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I pave | 'ana baballataacnaa baballaT | أنا َ بـَبـَلّـَط |
| We pave | 'ihna biniballatiicHnaa biniballaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(m) pave | 'inta bitiballatiicnta bitiballaT | إنت َ بـِتـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(f) pave | 'inti bitiballatiiicnti bitiballaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِبـَلّـَطي |
| You(pl) pave | 'intu bitiballatuiicntoo bitiballaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِبـَلّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) paves | huwa biyiballathuwa biyiballaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِبـَلّـَط |
| She/it(f) paves | hiya bitiballathiya bitiballaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِبـَلّـَط |
| They pave | humma biyiballatuhumma biyiballaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبـَلّـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will pave | 'ana haballataacnaa haballaT | أنا َ هـَبـَلّـَط |
| We will pave | 'ihna haniballatiicHnaa haniballaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(m) will pave | 'inta hatiballatiicnta hatiballaT | إنت َ هـَتـِبـَلّـَط |
| You(f) will pave | 'inti hatiballatiiicnti hatiballaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِبـَلّـَطي |
| You(pl) will pave | 'intu hatiballatuiicntoo hatiballaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِبـَلّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will pave | huwa hayiballathuwa hayiballaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِبـَلّـَط |
| She/it(f) will pave | hiya hatiballathiya hatiballaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِبـَلّـَط |
| They will pave | humma hayiballatuhumma hayiballaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبـَلّـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) pave! | 'iblatiicblaT | إبلـَط |
| You(f) pave! | 'iblatiiicblaTy | إبلـَطي |
| You(pl) pave! | iblatuiblaToo | ِبلـَطوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is paved | huwa muballathuwa muballaT | هـُو َ مـُبـَلّـَط |
| She/it(f) is paved | hiya muballatahiya muballaTaö | هـِي َ مـُبـَلّـَطـَة |
| They are paved | humma muballateenhumma muballaTyn | هـُمّ َ مـُبـَلّـَطين |
