Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I sought | 'ana 'istadalltaacnaa iicstadallt | أنا َ إستـَد َلّت |
| We sought | 'ihna 'istadallnaiicHnaa iicstadallnaa | إحنا َ إستـَد َلّنا |
| You(m) sought | 'inta 'istadalltiicnta iicstadallt | إنت َ إستـَد َلّت |
| You(f) sought | 'inti 'istadalltiiicnti iicstadallty | إنت ِ إستـَد َلّتي |
| You(pl) sought | 'intu 'istadalltuiicntoo iicstadalltoo | إنتوا إستـَد َلّتوا |
| He/it(m) sought | huwa 'istadallhuwa iicstadall | هـُو َ إستـَد َلّ |
| She/it(f) sought | hiya 'istadallithiya iicstadallit | هـِي َ إستـَد َلّـِت |
| They sought | humma 'istadalluhumma iicstadalloo | هـُمّ َ إستـَد َلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might seek | 'ana yimkin 'astadallaacnaa yimkin aacstadall | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَد َلّ |
| We might seek | 'ihna yimkin nastadalliicHnaa yimkin nastadall | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـَستـَد َلّ |
| You(m) might seek | 'inta yimkin tastadalliicnta yimkin tastadall | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَد َلّ |
| You(f) might seek | 'inti yimkin tastadalliiicnti yimkin tastadally | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَد َلّي |
| You(pl) might seek | 'intu yimkin tastadalluiicntoo yimkin tastadalloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـَستـَد َلّوا |
| He/it(m) might seek | huwa yimkin yastadallhuwa yimkin yastadall | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـَستـَد َلّ |
| She/it(f) might seek | hiya yimkin tastadallhiya yimkin tastadall | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَد َلّ |
| They might seek | humma yimkin yastadalluhumma yimkin yastadalloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـَستـَد َلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I seek | 'ana bastadallaacnaa bastadall | أنا َ بـَستـَد َلّ |
| We seek | 'ihna binastadalliicHnaa binastadall | إحنا َ بـِنـَستـَد َلّ |
| You(m) seek | 'inta bitastadalliicnta bitastadall | إنت َ بـِتـَستـَد َلّ |
| You(f) seek | 'inti bitastadalliiicnti bitastadally | إنت ِ بـِتـَستـَد َلّي |
| You(pl) seek | 'intu bitastadalluiicntoo bitastadalloo | إنتوا بـِتـَستـَد َلّوا |
| He/it(m) seeks | huwa biyastadillhuwa biyastadill | هـُو َ بـِيـَستـَد ِلّ |
| She/it(f) seeks | hiya bitastadillhiya bitastadill | هـِي َ بـِتـَستـَد ِلّ |
| They seek | humma biyastadilluhumma biyastadilloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـَستـَد ِلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will seek | 'ana hastadillaacnaa hastadill | أنا َ هـَستـَد ِلّ |
| We will seek | 'ihna hanastadilliicHnaa hanastadill | إحنا َ هـَنـَستـَد ِلّ |
| You(m) will seek | 'inta hatastadilliicnta hatastadill | إنت َ هـَتـَستـَد ِلّ |
| You(f) will seek | 'inti hatastadilliiicnti hatastadilly | إنت ِ هـَتـَستـَد ِلّي |
| You(pl) will seek | 'intu hatastadilluiicntoo hatastadilloo | إنتوا هـَتـَستـَد ِلّوا |
| He/it(m) will seek | huwa hayastadillhuwa hayastadill | هـُو َ هـَيـَستـَد ِلّ |
| She/it(f) will seek | hiya hatastadillhiya hatastadill | هـِي َ هـَتـَستـَد ِلّ |
| They will seek | humma hayastadilluhumma hayastadilloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـَستـَد ِلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) seek! | 'istadilliicstadill | إستـَد ِلّ |
| You(f) seek! | 'istadilliiicstadilly | إستـَد ِلّي |
| You(pl) seek! | 'istadilluiicstadilloo | إستـَد ِلّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is | huwa mustadillhuwa mustadill | هـُو َ مـُستـَد ِلّ |
| She/it(f) is | hiya mustadillahiya mustadillaö | هـِي َ مـُستـَد ِلّـَة |
| They are | humma mustadilleenhumma mustadillyn | هـُمّ َ مـُستـَد ِلّين |
