Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I decreased | 'ana na''astaacnaa naqqaSt | أنا َ نـَقّـَصت |
| We decreased | 'ihna na''asnaiicHnaa naqqaSnaa | إحنا َ نـَقّـَصنا |
| You(m) decreased | 'inta na''astiicnta naqqaSt | إنت َ نـَقّـَصت |
| You(f) decreased | 'inti na''astiiicnti naqqaSty | إنت ِ نـَقّـَصتي |
| You(pl) decreased | 'intu na''astuiicntoo naqqaStoo | إنتوا نـَقّـَصتوا |
| He/it(m) decreased | huwa na''ashuwa naqqaS | هـُو َ نـَقّـَص |
| She/it(f) decreased | hiya na''asithiya naqqaSit | هـِي َ نـَقّـَصـِت |
| They decreased | humma na''asuhumma naqqaSoo | هـُمّ َ نـَقّـَصوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might decrease | 'ana yimkin 'ana''asaacnaa yimkin aacnaqqaS | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنـَقّـَص |
| We might decrease | 'ihna yimkin nina''asiicHnaa yimkin ninaqqaS | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(m) might decrease | 'inta yimkin tina''asiicnta yimkin tinaqqaS | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(f) might decrease | 'inti yimkin tina''asiiicnti yimkin tinaqqaSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَصي |
| You(pl) might decrease | 'intu yimkin tina''asuiicntoo yimkin tinaqqaSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) might decrease | huwa yimkin yina''ashuwa yimkin yinaqqaS | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَقّـَص |
| She/it(f) might decrease | hiya yimkin tina''ashiya yimkin tinaqqaS | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَص |
| They might decrease | humma yimkin yina''asuhumma yimkin yinaqqaSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَقّـَصوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I decrease | 'ana bana''asaacnaa banaqqaS | أنا َ بـَنـَقّـَص |
| We decrease | 'ihna binina''asiicHnaa bininaqqaS | إحنا َ بـِنـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(m) decrease | 'inta bitina''asiicnta bitinaqqaS | إنت َ بـِتـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(f) decrease | 'inti bitina''asiiicnti bitinaqqaSy | إنت ِ بـِتـِنـَقّـَصي |
| You(pl) decrease | 'intu bitina''asuiicntoo bitinaqqaSoo | إنتوا بـِتـِنـَقّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) decreases | huwa biyina''ashuwa biyinaqqaS | هـُو َ بـِيـِنـَقّـَص |
| She/it(f) decreases | hiya bitina''ashiya bitinaqqaS | هـِي َ بـِتـِنـَقّـَص |
| They decrease | humma biyina''asuhumma biyinaqqaSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنـَقّـَصوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will decrease | 'ana hana''asaacnaa hanaqqaS | أنا َ هـَنـَقّـَص |
| We will decrease | 'ihna hanina''asiicHnaa haninaqqaS | إحنا َ هـَنـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(m) will decrease | 'inta hatina''asiicnta hatinaqqaS | إنت َ هـَتـِنـَقّـَص |
| You(f) will decrease | 'inti hatina''asiiicnti hatinaqqaSy | إنت ِ هـَتـِنـَقّـَصي |
| You(pl) will decrease | 'intu hatina''asuiicntoo hatinaqqaSoo | إنتوا هـَتـِنـَقّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) will decrease | huwa hayina''ashuwa hayinaqqaS | هـُو َ هـَيـِنـَقّـَص |
| She/it(f) will decrease | hiya hatina''ashiya hatinaqqaS | هـِي َ هـَتـِنـَقّـَص |
| They will decrease | humma hayina''asuhumma hayinaqqaSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنـَقّـَصوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) decrease! | 'in'asiicnqaS | إنقـَص |
| You(f) decrease! | 'in'asiiicnqaSy | إنقـَصي |
| You(pl) decrease! | in'asuinqaSoo | ِنقـَصوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is decreased | huwa muna''ashuwa munaqqaS | هـُو َ مـُنـَقّـَص |
| She/it(f) is decreased | hiya muna''asahiya munaqqaSaö | هـِي َ مـُنـَقّـَصـَة |
| They are decreased | humma muna''aseenhumma munaqqaSyn | هـُمّ َ مـُنـَقّـَصين |
