Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I ran | 'ana dahastaacnaa dahast | أنا َ د َهـَست |
| We ran | 'ihna dahasnaiicHnaa dahasnaa | إحنا َ د َهـَسنا |
| You(m) ran | 'inta dahastiicnta dahast | إنت َ د َهـَست |
| You(f) ran | 'inti dahastiiicnti dahasty | إنت ِ د َهـَستي |
| You(pl) ran | 'intu dahastuiicntoo dahastoo | إنتوا د َهـَستوا |
| He/it(m) ran | huwa dahashuwa dahas | هـُو َ د َهـَس |
| She/it(f) ran | hiya dahasithiya dahasit | هـِي َ د َهـَسـِت |
| They ran | humma dahasuhumma dahasoo | هـُمّ َ د َهـَسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might run | 'ana yimkin 'azasaacnaa yimkin aacdhas | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أذ َس |
| We might run | 'ihna yimkin nizasiicHnaa yimkin nidhas | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِذ َس |
| You(m) might run | 'inta yimkin tizasiicnta yimkin tidhas | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِذ َس |
| You(f) might run | 'inti yimkin tizasiiicnti yimkin tidhasy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِذ َسي |
| You(pl) might run | 'intu yimkin tizasuiicntoo yimkin tidhasoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِذ َسوا |
| He/it(m) might run | huwa yimkin yizashuwa yimkin yidhas | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِذ َس |
| She/it(f) might run | hiya yimkin tizashiya yimkin tidhas | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِذ َس |
| They might run | humma yimkin yizasuhumma yimkin yidhasoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِذ َسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I run | 'ana bazasaacnaa badhas | أنا َ بـَذ َس |
| We run | 'ihna binizasiicHnaa binidhas | إحنا َ بـِنـِذ َس |
| You(m) run | 'inta bitizasiicnta bitidhas | إنت َ بـِتـِذ َس |
| You(f) run | 'inti bitizasiiicnti bitidhasy | إنت ِ بـِتـِذ َسي |
| You(pl) run | 'intu bitizasuiicntoo bitidhasoo | إنتوا بـِتـِذ َسوا |
| He/it(m) runs | huwa biyizashuwa biyidhas | هـُو َ بـِيـِذ َس |
| She/it(f) runs | hiya bitizashiya bitidhas | هـِي َ بـِتـِذ َس |
| They run | humma biyizasuhumma biyidhasoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِذ َسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will run | 'ana hazasaacnaa hadhas | أنا َ هـَذ َس |
| We will run | 'ihna hanizasiicHnaa hanidhas | إحنا َ هـَنـِذ َس |
| You(m) will run | 'inta hatizasiicnta hatidhas | إنت َ هـَتـِذ َس |
| You(f) will run | 'inti hatizasiiicnti hatidhasy | إنت ِ هـَتـِذ َسي |
| You(pl) will run | 'intu hatizasuiicntoo hatidhasoo | إنتوا هـَتـِذ َسوا |
| He/it(m) will run | huwa hayizashuwa hayidhas | هـُو َ هـَيـِذ َس |
| She/it(f) will run | hiya hatizashiya hatidhas | هـِي َ هـَتـِذ َس |
| They will run | humma hayizasuhumma hayidhasoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِذ َسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) run! | 'izasiicdhas | إذ َس |
| You(f) run! | 'izasiiicdhasy | إذ َسي |
| You(pl) run! | 'izasuiicdhasoo | إذ َسوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am running | 'ana daehisaacnaa daehis | أنا َ دا َهـِس |
| I(f) am running | 'ana daehisaaacnaa daehisaö | أنا َ دا َهـِسـَة |
| We are running | 'ihna daehiseeniicHnaa daehisyn | إحنا َ دا َهـِسين |
| You(m) are running | 'inta daehisiicnta daehis | إنت َ دا َهـِس |
| You(f) are running | 'inti daehisaiicnti daehisaö | إنت ِ دا َهـِسـَة |
| You(pl) are running | 'intu daehiseeniicntoo daehisyn | إنتوا دا َهـِسين |
| He/it(m) is running | huwa daehishuwa daehis | هـُو َ دا َهـِس |
| She/it(f) is running | hiya daehisahiya daehisaö | هـِي َ دا َهـِسـَة |
| They are running | humma daehiseenhumma daehisyn | هـُمّ َ دا َهـِسين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is run | huwa madhooshuwa mad-hws | هـُو َ مـَدهوس |
| She/it(f) is run | hiya madhoosahiya mad-hwsaö | هـِي َ مـَدهوسـَة |
| They are run | humma madhooseenhumma mad-hwsyn | هـُمّ َ مـَدهوسين |
