Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I slandered | 'ana gahaftaacnaa gaHaft | أنا َ جـَحـَفت |
| We slandered | 'ihna gahafnaiicHnaa gaHafnaa | إحنا َ جـَحـَفنا |
| You(m) slandered | 'inta gahaftiicnta gaHaft | إنت َ جـَحـَفت |
| You(f) slandered | 'inti gahaftiiicnti gaHafty | إنت ِ جـَحـَفتي |
| You(pl) slandered | 'intu gahaftuiicntoo gaHaftoo | إنتوا جـَحـَفتوا |
| He/it(m) slandered | huwa gahafhuwa gaHaf | هـُو َ جـَحـَف |
| She/it(f) slandered | hiya gahafithiya gaHafit | هـِي َ جـَحـَفـِت |
| They slandered | humma gahafuhumma gaHafoo | هـُمّ َ جـَحـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might slander | 'ana yimkin 'aghafaacnaa yimkin aacgHaf | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أجحـَف |
| We might slander | 'ihna yimkin nighafiicHnaa yimkin nigHaf | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِجحـَف |
| You(m) might slander | 'inta yimkin tighafiicnta yimkin tigHaf | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِجحـَف |
| You(f) might slander | 'inti yimkin tighafiiicnti yimkin tigHafy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِجحـَفي |
| You(pl) might slander | 'intu yimkin tighafuiicntoo yimkin tigHafoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِجحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) might slander | huwa yimkin yighafhuwa yimkin yigHaf | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِجحـَف |
| She/it(f) might slander | hiya yimkin tighafhiya yimkin tigHaf | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِجحـَف |
| They might slander | humma yimkin yighafuhumma yimkin yigHafoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِجحـَفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I slander | 'ana baghafaacnaa bagHaf | أنا َ بـَجحـَف |
| We slander | 'ihna binighafiicHnaa binigHaf | إحنا َ بـِنـِجحـَف |
| You(m) slander | 'inta bitighafiicnta bitigHaf | إنت َ بـِتـِجحـَف |
| You(f) slander | 'inti bitighafiiicnti bitigHafy | إنت ِ بـِتـِجحـَفي |
| You(pl) slander | 'intu bitighafuiicntoo bitigHafoo | إنتوا بـِتـِجحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) slanders | huwa biyighafhuwa biyigHaf | هـُو َ بـِيـِجحـَف |
| She/it(f) slanders | hiya bitighafhiya bitigHaf | هـِي َ بـِتـِجحـَف |
| They slander | humma biyighafuhumma biyigHafoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِجحـَفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will slander | 'ana haghafaacnaa hagHaf | أنا َ هـَجحـَف |
| We will slander | 'ihna hanighafiicHnaa hanigHaf | إحنا َ هـَنـِجحـَف |
| You(m) will slander | 'inta hatighafiicnta hatigHaf | إنت َ هـَتـِجحـَف |
| You(f) will slander | 'inti hatighafiiicnti hatigHafy | إنت ِ هـَتـِجحـَفي |
| You(pl) will slander | 'intu hatighafuiicntoo hatigHafoo | إنتوا هـَتـِجحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) will slander | huwa hayighafhuwa hayigHaf | هـُو َ هـَيـِجحـَف |
| She/it(f) will slander | hiya hatighafhiya hatigHaf | هـِي َ هـَتـِجحـَف |
| They will slander | humma hayighafuhumma hayigHafoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِجحـَفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) slander! | 'ighafiicgHaf | إجحـَف |
| You(f) slander! | 'ighafiiicgHafy | إجحـَفي |
| You(pl) slander! | 'ighafuiicgHafoo | إجحـَفوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am slanderring | 'ana gaehifaacnaa gaeHif | أنا َ جا َحـِف |
| I(f) am slanderring | 'ana gaehifaaacnaa gaeHifaö | أنا َ جا َحـِفـَة |
| We are slanderring | 'ihna gaehifeeniicHnaa gaeHifyn | إحنا َ جا َحـِفين |
| You(m) are slanderring | 'inta gaehifiicnta gaeHif | إنت َ جا َحـِف |
| You(f) are slanderring | 'inti gaehifaiicnti gaeHifaö | إنت ِ جا َحـِفـَة |
| You(pl) are slanderring | 'intu gaehifeeniicntoo gaeHifyn | إنتوا جا َحـِفين |
| He/it(m) is slanderring | huwa gaehifhuwa gaeHif | هـُو َ جا َحـِف |
| She/it(f) is slanderring | hiya gaehifahiya gaeHifaö | هـِي َ جا َحـِفـَة |
| They are slanderring | humma gaehifeenhumma gaeHifyn | هـُمّ َ جا َحـِفين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is slandered | huwa maghoofhuwa magHwf | هـُو َ مـَجحوف |
| She/it(f) is slandered | hiya maghoofahiya magHwfaö | هـِي َ مـَجحوفـَة |
| They are slandered | humma maghoofeenhumma magHwfyn | هـُمّ َ مـَجحوفين |
