Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana dammiltaacnaa dammilt | أنا َ د َمّـِلت |
| We got | 'ihna dammilnaiicHnaa dammilnaa | إحنا َ د َمّـِلنا |
| You(m) got | 'inta dammiltiicnta dammilt | إنت َ د َمّـِلت |
| You(f) got | 'inti dammiltiiicnti dammilty | إنت ِ د َمّـِلتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu dammiltuiicntoo dammiltoo | إنتوا د َمّـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa dammilhuwa dammil | هـُو َ د َمّـِل |
| She/it(f) got | hiya dammilithiya dammilit | هـِي َ د َمّـِلـِت |
| They got | humma dammiluhumma dammiloo | هـُمّ َ د َمّـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'adammilaacnaa yimkin aacdammil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َمّـِل |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nidammiliicHnaa yimkin nidammil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َمّـِل |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tidammiliicnta yimkin tidammil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َمّـِل |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tidammiliiicnti yimkin tidammily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َمّـِلي |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tidammiluiicntoo yimkin tidammiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yidammilhuwa yimkin yidammil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َمّـِل |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tidammilhiya yimkin tidammil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َمّـِل |
| They might get | humma yimkin yidammiluhumma yimkin yidammiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َمّـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana badammilaacnaa badammil | أنا َ بـَد َمّـِل |
| We get | 'ihna bindammiliicHnaa bindammil | إحنا َ بـِند َمّـِل |
| You(m) get | 'inta bitdammiliicnta bitdammil | إنت َ بـِتد َمّـِل |
| You(f) get | 'inti bitdammiliiicnti bitdammily | إنت ِ بـِتد َمّـِلي |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bitdammiluiicntoo bitdammiloo | إنتوا بـِتد َمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyidammilhuwa biyidammil | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َمّـِل |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bitdammilhiya bitdammil | هـِي َ بـِتد َمّـِل |
| They get | humma biyidammiluhumma biyidammiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َمّـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana hadammilaacnaa hadammil | أنا َ هـَد َمّـِل |
| We will get | 'ihna handammiliicHnaa handammil | إحنا َ هـَند َمّـِل |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatdammiliicnta hatdammil | إنت َ هـَتد َمّـِل |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatdammiliiicnti hatdammily | إنت ِ هـَتد َمّـِلي |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatdammiluiicntoo hatdammiloo | إنتوا هـَتد َمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayidammilhuwa hayidammil | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َمّـِل |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatdammilhiya hatdammil | هـِي َ هـَتد َمّـِل |
| They will get | humma hayidammiluhumma hayidammiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َمّـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) get! | dammildammil | د َمّـِل |
| You(f) get! | dammilidammily | د َمّـِلي |
| You(pl) get! | dammiludammiloo | د َمّـِلوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is | huwa midammilhuwa midammil | هـُو َ مـِد َمّـِل |
| She/it(f) is | hiya midammilahiya midammilaö | هـِي َ مـِد َمّـِلـَة |
| They are | humma midammileenhumma midammilyn | هـُمّ َ مـِد َمّـِلين |
