Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I sneered | 'ana shachchartaacnaa shaKKart | أنا َ شـَخّـَرت |
| We sneered | 'ihna shachcharnaiicHnaa shaKKarnaa | إحنا َ شـَخّـَرنا |
| You(m) sneered | 'inta shachchartiicnta shaKKart | إنت َ شـَخّـَرت |
| You(f) sneered | 'inti shachchartiiicnti shaKKarty | إنت ِ شـَخّـَرتي |
| You(pl) sneered | 'intu shachchartuiicntoo shaKKartoo | إنتوا شـَخّـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) sneered | huwa shachcharhuwa shaKKar | هـُو َ شـَخّـَر |
| She/it(f) sneered | hiya shachcharithiya shaKKarit | هـِي َ شـَخّـَر ِت |
| They sneered | humma shachcharuhumma shaKKaroo | هـُمّ َ شـَخّـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might sneer | 'ana yimkin 'ashachcharaacnaa yimkin aacshaKKar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشـَخّـَر |
| We might sneer | 'ihna yimkin nishachchariicHnaa yimkin nishaKKar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(m) might sneer | 'inta yimkin tishachchariicnta yimkin tishaKKar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(f) might sneer | 'inti yimkin tishachchariiicnti yimkin tishaKKary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَخّـَري |
| You(pl) might sneer | 'intu yimkin tishachcharuiicntoo yimkin tishaKKaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشـَخّـَروا |
| He/it(m) might sneer | huwa yimkin yishachcharhuwa yimkin yishaKKar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَخّـَر |
| She/it(f) might sneer | hiya yimkin tishachcharhiya yimkin tishaKKar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَخّـَر |
| They might sneer | humma yimkin yishachcharuhumma yimkin yishaKKaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَخّـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I sneer | 'ana bashachcharaacnaa bashaKKar | أنا َ بـَشـَخّـَر |
| We sneer | 'ihna binishachchariicHnaa binishaKKar | إحنا َ بـِنـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(m) sneer | 'inta bitishachchariicnta bitishaKKar | إنت َ بـِتـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(f) sneer | 'inti bitishachchariiicnti bitishaKKary | إنت ِ بـِتـِشـَخّـَري |
| You(pl) sneer | 'intu bitishachcharuiicntoo bitishaKKaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِشـَخّـَروا |
| He/it(m) sneers | huwa biyishachcharhuwa biyishaKKar | هـُو َ بـِيـِشـَخّـَر |
| She/it(f) sneers | hiya bitishachcharhiya bitishaKKar | هـِي َ بـِتـِشـَخّـَر |
| They sneer | humma biyishachcharuhumma biyishaKKaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشـَخّـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will sneer | 'ana hashachcharaacnaa hashaKKar | أنا َ هـَشـَخّـَر |
| We will sneer | 'ihna hanishachchariicHnaa hanishaKKar | إحنا َ هـَنـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(m) will sneer | 'inta hatishachchariicnta hatishaKKar | إنت َ هـَتـِشـَخّـَر |
| You(f) will sneer | 'inti hatishachchariiicnti hatishaKKary | إنت ِ هـَتـِشـَخّـَري |
| You(pl) will sneer | 'intu hatishachcharuiicntoo hatishaKKaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِشـَخّـَروا |
| He/it(m) will sneer | huwa hayishachcharhuwa hayishaKKar | هـُو َ هـَيـِشـَخّـَر |
| She/it(f) will sneer | hiya hatishachcharhiya hatishaKKar | هـِي َ هـَتـِشـَخّـَر |
| They will sneer | humma hayishachcharuhumma hayishaKKaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشـَخّـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) sneer! | 'ishchariicshKar | إشخـَر |
| You(f) sneer! | 'ishchariiicshKary | إشخـَري |
| You(pl) sneer! | ishcharuishKaroo | ِشخـَروا |
