Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I encountered | 'ana la'eetaacnaa laeqyt | أنا َ لا َقيت |
| We encountered | 'ihna la'eenaiicHnaa laeqynaa | إحنا َ لا َقينا |
| You(m) encountered | 'inta la'eetiicnta laeqyt | إنت َ لا َقيت |
| You(f) encountered | 'inti la'eetiiicnti laeqyty | إنت ِ لا َقيتي |
| You(pl) encountered | 'intu la'eetuiicntoo laeqytoo | إنتوا لا َقيتوا |
| He/it(m) encountered | huwa la'ahuwa laeqY | هـُو َ لا َقى |
| She/it(f) encountered | hiya lae'ithiya laeqit | هـِي َ لا َقـِت |
| They encountered | humma la'uhumma laeqoo | هـُمّ َ لا َقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might encounter | 'ana yimkin 'alae'iaacnaa yimkin aaclaeqy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألا َقي |
| We might encounter | 'ihna yimkin nilae'iiicHnaa yimkin nilaeqy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلا َقي |
| You(m) might encounter | 'inta yimkin tilae'iiicnta yimkin tilaeqy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلا َقي |
| You(f) might encounter | 'inti yimkin tilae'iiicnti yimkin tilaeqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلا َقي |
| You(pl) might encounter | 'intu yimkin tila'uiicntoo yimkin tilaeqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلا َقوا |
| He/it(m) might encounter | huwa yimkin yilae'ihuwa yimkin yilaeqy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلا َقي |
| She/it(f) might encounter | hiya yimkin tilae'ihiya yimkin tilaeqy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلا َقي |
| They might encounter | humma yimkin yila'uhumma yimkin yilaeqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلا َقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I encounter | 'ana balae'iaacnaa balaeqy | أنا َ بـَلا َقي |
| We encounter | 'ihna binlae'iiicHnaa binlaeqy | إحنا َ بـِنلا َقي |
| You(m) encounter | 'inta bitlae'iiicnta bitlaeqy | إنت َ بـِتلا َقي |
| You(f) encounter | 'inti bitlae'iiicnti bitlaeqy | إنت ِ بـِتلا َقي |
| You(pl) encounter | 'intu bitla'uiicntoo bitlaeqoo | إنتوا بـِتلا َقوا |
| He/it(m) encounters | huwa biyilae'ihuwa biyilaeqy | هـُو َ بـِيـِلا َقي |
| She/it(f) encounters | hiya bitlae'ihiya bitlaeqy | هـِي َ بـِتلا َقي |
| They encounter | humma biyila'uhumma biyilaeqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلا َقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will encounter | 'ana halae'iaacnaa halaeqy | أنا َ هـَلا َقي |
| We will encounter | 'ihna hanlae'iiicHnaa hanlaeqy | إحنا َ هـَنلا َقي |
| You(m) will encounter | 'inta hatlae'iiicnta hatlaeqy | إنت َ هـَتلا َقي |
| You(f) will encounter | 'inti hatlae'iiicnti hatlaeqy | إنت ِ هـَتلا َقي |
| You(pl) will encounter | 'intu hatla'uiicntoo hatlaeqoo | إنتوا هـَتلا َقوا |
| He/it(m) will encounter | huwa hayilae'ihuwa hayilaeqy | هـُو َ هـَيـِلا َقي |
| She/it(f) will encounter | hiya hatlae'ihiya hatlaeqy | هـِي َ هـَتلا َقي |
| They will encounter | humma hayila'uhumma hayilaeqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلا َقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) encounter! | lae'ilaeqy | لا َقي |
| You(f) encounter! | lae'itlaeqit | لا َقـِت |
| You(pl) encounter! | la'ulaeqoo | لا َقوا |
