Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I called | 'ana lagheetaacnaa laGyt | أنا َ لـَغيت |
| We called | 'ihna lagheenaiicHnaa laGynaa | إحنا َ لـَغينا |
| You(m) called | 'inta lagheetiicnta laGyt | إنت َ لـَغيت |
| You(f) called | 'inti lagheetiiicnti laGyty | إنت ِ لـَغيتي |
| You(pl) called | 'intu lagheetuiicntoo laGytoo | إنتوا لـَغيتوا |
| He/it(m) called | huwa laghahuwa laGY | هـُو َ لـَغى |
| She/it(f) called | hiya laghyithiya laGyit | هـِي َ لـَغيـِت |
| They called | humma laghuhumma laGoo | هـُمّ َ لـَغوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might call | 'ana yimkin 'alghiaacnaa yimkin aaclGy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألغي |
| We might call | 'ihna yimkin nilghiiicHnaa yimkin nilGy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلغي |
| You(m) might call | 'inta yimkin tilghiiicnta yimkin tilGy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي |
| You(f) might call | 'inti yimkin tilghiiicnti yimkin tilGy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي |
| You(pl) might call | 'intu yimkin tilghuiicntoo yimkin tilGoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلغوا |
| He/it(m) might call | huwa yimkin yilghihuwa yimkin yilGy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلغي |
| She/it(f) might call | hiya yimkin tilghihiya yimkin tilGy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي |
| They might call | humma yimkin yilghuhumma yimkin yilGoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلغوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I call | 'ana balghiaacnaa balGy | أنا َ بـَلغي |
| We call | 'ihna binilghiiicHnaa binilGy | إحنا َ بـِنـِلغي |
| You(m) call | 'inta bitilghiiicnta bitilGy | إنت َ بـِتـِلغي |
| You(f) call | 'inti bitilghiiicnti bitilGy | إنت ِ بـِتـِلغي |
| You(pl) call | 'intu bitilghuiicntoo bitilGoo | إنتوا بـِتـِلغوا |
| He/it(m) calls | huwa biyilghihuwa biyilGy | هـُو َ بـِيـِلغي |
| She/it(f) calls | hiya bitilghihiya bitilGy | هـِي َ بـِتـِلغي |
| They call | humma biyilghuhumma biyilGoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلغوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will call | 'ana halghiaacnaa halGy | أنا َ هـَلغي |
| We will call | 'ihna hanilghiiicHnaa hanilGy | إحنا َ هـَنـِلغي |
| You(m) will call | 'inta hatilghiiicnta hatilGy | إنت َ هـَتـِلغي |
| You(f) will call | 'inti hatilghiiicnti hatilGy | إنت ِ هـَتـِلغي |
| You(pl) will call | 'intu hatilghuiicntoo hatilGoo | إنتوا هـَتـِلغوا |
| He/it(m) will call | huwa hayilghihuwa hayilGy | هـُو َ هـَيـِلغي |
| She/it(f) will call | hiya hatilghihiya hatilGy | هـِي َ هـَتـِلغي |
| They will call | humma hayilghuhumma hayilGoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلغوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) call! | 'ilghiiiclGy | إلغي |
| You(f) call! | 'ilghiiiclGy | إلغي |
| You(pl) call! | 'ilghuiiclGoo | إلغوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is called | huwa malghihuwa malGy | هـُو َ مـَلغي |
| She/it(f) is called | hiya malghyahiya malGyaö | هـِي َ مـَلغيـَة |
| They are called | humma malghyeenhumma malGyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَلغيين |
