Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I impressed | 'ana 'athaftaacnaa aactHaft | أنا َ أتحـَفت |
| We impressed | 'ihna 'athafnaiicHnaa aactHafnaa | إحنا َ أتحـَفنا |
| You(m) impressed | 'inta 'athaftiicnta aactHaft | إنت َ أتحـَفت |
| You(f) impressed | 'inti 'athaftiiicnti aactHafty | إنت ِ أتحـَفتي |
| You(pl) impressed | 'intu 'athaftuiicntoo aactHaftoo | إنتوا أتحـَفتوا |
| He/it(m) impressed | huwa 'athafhuwa aactHaf | هـُو َ أتحـَف |
| She/it(f) impressed | hiya 'athafithiya aactHafit | هـِي َ أتحـَفـِت |
| They impressed | humma 'athafuhumma aactHafoo | هـُمّ َ أتحـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might impress | 'ana yimkin 'athifaacnaa yimkin aactHif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتحـِف |
| We might impress | 'ihna yimkin nithifiicHnaa yimkin nitHif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتحـِف |
| You(m) might impress | 'inta yimkin tithifiicnta yimkin titHif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـِف |
| You(f) might impress | 'inti yimkin tithifiiicnti yimkin titHify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـِفي |
| You(pl) might impress | 'intu yimkin tithifuiicntoo yimkin titHifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتحـِفوا |
| He/it(m) might impress | huwa yimkin yithifhuwa yimkin yitHif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتحـِف |
| She/it(f) might impress | hiya yimkin tithifhiya yimkin titHif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتحـِف |
| They might impress | humma yimkin yithifuhumma yimkin yitHifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتحـِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I impress | 'ana bathifaacnaa batHif | أنا َ بـَتحـِف |
| We impress | 'ihna binithifiicHnaa binitHif | إحنا َ بـِنـِتحـِف |
| You(m) impress | 'inta bitithifiicnta bititHif | إنت َ بـِتـِتحـِف |
| You(f) impress | 'inti bitithifiiicnti bititHify | إنت ِ بـِتـِتحـِفي |
| You(pl) impress | 'intu bitithifuiicntoo bititHifoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتحـِفوا |
| He/it(m) impresss | huwa biyithifhuwa biyitHif | هـُو َ بـِيـِتحـِف |
| She/it(f) impresss | hiya bitithifhiya bititHif | هـِي َ بـِتـِتحـِف |
| They impress | humma biyithifuhumma biyitHifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتحـِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will impress | 'ana hathifaacnaa hatHif | أنا َ هـَتحـِف |
| We will impress | 'ihna hanithifiicHnaa hanitHif | إحنا َ هـَنـِتحـِف |
| You(m) will impress | 'inta hatithifiicnta hatitHif | إنت َ هـَتـِتحـِف |
| You(f) will impress | 'inti hatithifiiicnti hatitHify | إنت ِ هـَتـِتحـِفي |
| You(pl) will impress | 'intu hatithifuiicntoo hatitHifoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتحـِفوا |
| He/it(m) will impress | huwa hayithifhuwa hayitHif | هـُو َ هـَيـِتحـِف |
| She/it(f) will impress | hiya hatithifhiya hatitHif | هـِي َ هـَتـِتحـِف |
| They will impress | humma hayithifuhumma hayitHifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتحـِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) impress! | 'ithifiictHif | إتحـِف |
| You(f) impress! | 'ithifiiictHify | إتحـِفي |
| You(pl) impress! | 'ithifuiictHifoo | إتحـِفوا |
