Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I sank | 'ana gharra'taacnaa Garraqt | أنا َ غـَرّ َقت |
| We sank | 'ihna gharra'naiicHnaa Garraqnaa | إحنا َ غـَرّ َقنا |
| You(m) sank | 'inta gharra'tiicnta Garraqt | إنت َ غـَرّ َقت |
| You(f) sank | 'inti gharra'tiiicnti Garraqty | إنت ِ غـَرّ َقتي |
| You(pl) sank | 'intu gharra'tuiicntoo Garraqtoo | إنتوا غـَرّ َقتوا |
| He/it(m) sank | huwa gharra'huwa Garraq | هـُو َ غـَرّ َق |
| She/it(f) sank | hiya gharra'ithiya Garraqit | هـِي َ غـَرّ َقـِت |
| They sank | humma gharra'uhumma Garraqoo | هـُمّ َ غـَرّ َقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might sunk | 'ana yimkin 'agharra'aacnaa yimkin aacGarraq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أغـَرّ َق |
| We might sunk | 'ihna yimkin nigharra'iicHnaa yimkin niGarraq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(m) might sunk | 'inta yimkin tigharra'iicnta yimkin tiGarraq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(f) might sunk | 'inti yimkin tigharra'iiicnti yimkin tiGarraqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَرّ َقي |
| You(pl) might sunk | 'intu yimkin tigharra'uiicntoo yimkin tiGarraqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِغـَرّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) might sunk | huwa yimkin yigharra'huwa yimkin yiGarraq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَرّ َق |
| She/it(f) might sunk | hiya yimkin tigharra'hiya yimkin tiGarraq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَرّ َق |
| They might sunk | humma yimkin yigharra'uhumma yimkin yiGarraqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَرّ َقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I sunk | 'ana bagharra'aacnaa baGarraq | أنا َ بـَغـَرّ َق |
| We sunk | 'ihna binigharra'iicHnaa biniGarraq | إحنا َ بـِنـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(m) sunk | 'inta bitigharra'iicnta bitiGarraq | إنت َ بـِتـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(f) sunk | 'inti bitigharra'iiicnti bitiGarraqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِغـَرّ َقي |
| You(pl) sunk | 'intu bitigharra'uiicntoo bitiGarraqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِغـَرّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) sunks | huwa biyigharra'huwa biyiGarraq | هـُو َ بـِيـِغـَرّ َق |
| She/it(f) sunks | hiya bitigharra'hiya bitiGarraq | هـِي َ بـِتـِغـَرّ َق |
| They sunk | humma biyigharra'uhumma biyiGarraqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِغـَرّ َقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will sunk | 'ana hagharra'aacnaa haGarraq | أنا َ هـَغـَرّ َق |
| We will sunk | 'ihna hanigharra'iicHnaa haniGarraq | إحنا َ هـَنـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(m) will sunk | 'inta hatigharra'iicnta hatiGarraq | إنت َ هـَتـِغـَرّ َق |
| You(f) will sunk | 'inti hatigharra'iiicnti hatiGarraqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِغـَرّ َقي |
| You(pl) will sunk | 'intu hatigharra'uiicntoo hatiGarraqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِغـَرّ َقوا |
| He/it(m) will sunk | huwa hayigharra'huwa hayiGarraq | هـُو َ هـَيـِغـَرّ َق |
| She/it(f) will sunk | hiya hatigharra'hiya hatiGarraq | هـِي َ هـَتـِغـَرّ َق |
| They will sunk | humma hayigharra'uhumma hayiGarraqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِغـَرّ َقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) sunk! | 'ighra'iicGraq | إغر َق |
| You(f) sunk! | 'ighra'iiicGraqy | إغر َقي |
| You(pl) sunk! | ighra'uiGraqoo | ِغر َقوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is | huwa mugharra'huwa muGarraq | هـُو َ مـُغـَرّ َق |
| She/it(f) is | hiya mugharra'ahiya muGarraqaö | هـِي َ مـُغـَرّ َقـَة |
| They are | humma mugharra'eenhumma muGarraqyn | هـُمّ َ مـُغـَرّ َقين |
