Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I locked | 'ana 'afaltaacnaa qafalt | أنا َ قـَفـَلت |
| We locked | 'ihna 'afalnaiicHnaa qafalnaa | إحنا َ قـَفـَلنا |
| You(m) locked | 'inta 'afaltiicnta qafalt | إنت َ قـَفـَلت |
| You(f) locked | 'inti 'afaltiiicnti qafalty | إنت ِ قـَفـَلتي |
| You(pl) locked | 'intu 'afaltuiicntoo qafaltoo | إنتوا قـَفـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) locked | huwa 'afalhuwa qafal | هـُو َ قـَفـَل |
| She/it(f) locked | hiya 'afalithiya qafalit | هـِي َ قـَفـَلـِت |
| They locked | humma 'afaluhumma qafaloo | هـُمّ َ قـَفـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might lock | 'ana yimkin 'a'filaacnaa yimkin aacqfil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقفـِل |
| We might lock | 'ihna yimkin ni'filiicHnaa yimkin niqfil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقفـِل |
| You(m) might lock | 'inta yimkin ti'filiicnta yimkin tiqfil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِل |
| You(f) might lock | 'inti yimkin ti'filiiicnti yimkin tiqfily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِلي |
| You(pl) might lock | 'intu yimkin ti'filuiicntoo yimkin tiqfiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might lock | huwa yimkin yi'filhuwa yimkin yiqfil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقفـِل |
| She/it(f) might lock | hiya yimkin ti'filhiya yimkin tiqfil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِل |
| They might lock | humma yimkin yi'filuhumma yimkin yiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقفـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I lock | 'ana ba'filaacnaa baqfil | أنا َ بـَقفـِل |
| We lock | 'ihna bini'filiicHnaa biniqfil | إحنا َ بـِنـِقفـِل |
| You(m) lock | 'inta biti'filiicnta bitiqfil | إنت َ بـِتـِقفـِل |
| You(f) lock | 'inti biti'filiiicnti bitiqfily | إنت ِ بـِتـِقفـِلي |
| You(pl) lock | 'intu biti'filuiicntoo bitiqfiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِقفـِلوا |
| He/it(m) locks | huwa biyi'filhuwa biyiqfil | هـُو َ بـِيـِقفـِل |
| She/it(f) locks | hiya biti'filhiya bitiqfil | هـِي َ بـِتـِقفـِل |
| They lock | humma biyi'filuhumma biyiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقفـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will lock | 'ana ha'filaacnaa haqfil | أنا َ هـَقفـِل |
| We will lock | 'ihna hani'filiicHnaa haniqfil | إحنا َ هـَنـِقفـِل |
| You(m) will lock | 'inta hati'filiicnta hatiqfil | إنت َ هـَتـِقفـِل |
| You(f) will lock | 'inti hati'filiiicnti hatiqfily | إنت ِ هـَتـِقفـِلي |
| You(pl) will lock | 'intu hati'filuiicntoo hatiqfiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِقفـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will lock | huwa hayi'filhuwa hayiqfil | هـُو َ هـَيـِقفـِل |
| She/it(f) will lock | hiya hati'filhiya hatiqfil | هـِي َ هـَتـِقفـِل |
| They will lock | humma hayi'filuhumma hayiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقفـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) lock! | 'i'filiicqfil | إقفـِل |
| You(f) lock! | 'i'filiiicqfily | إقفـِلي |
| You(pl) lock! | 'i'filuiicqfiloo | إقفـِلوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am locking | 'ana 'aafalaacnaa qaafal | أنا َ قا َفـَل |
| I(f) am locking | 'ana 'aafalaaacnaa qaafalaö | أنا َ قا َفـَلـَة |
| We are locking | 'ihna 'aafaleeniicHnaa qaafalyn | إحنا َ قا َفـَلين |
| You(m) are locking | 'inta 'aafaliicnta qaafal | إنت َ قا َفـَل |
| You(f) are locking | 'inti 'aafalaiicnti qaafalaö | إنت ِ قا َفـَلـَة |
| You(pl) are locking | 'intu 'aafaleeniicntoo qaafalyn | إنتوا قا َفـَلين |
| He/it(m) is locking | huwa 'aafalhuwa qaafal | هـُو َ قا َفـَل |
| She/it(f) is locking | hiya 'aafalahiya qaafalaö | هـِي َ قا َفـَلـَة |
| They are locking | humma 'aafaleenhumma qaafalyn | هـُمّ َ قا َفـَلين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is locked | huwa ma'foolhuwa maqfwl | هـُو َ مـَقفول |
| She/it(f) is locked | hiya ma'foolahiya maqfwlaö | هـِي َ مـَقفولـَة |
| They are locked | humma ma'fooleenhumma maqfwlyn | هـُمّ َ مـَقفولين |
