Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I set | 'ana thammantaacnaa thammant | أنا َ ثـَمّـَنت |
| We set | 'ihna thammannaiicHnaa thammannaa | إحنا َ ثـَمّـَنّا |
| You(m) set | 'inta thammantiicnta thammant | إنت َ ثـَمّـَنت |
| You(f) set | 'inti thammantiiicnti thammanty | إنت ِ ثـَمّـَنتي |
| You(pl) set | 'intu thammantuiicntoo thammantoo | إنتوا ثـَمّـَنتوا |
| He/it(m) set | huwa thammanhuwa thamman | هـُو َ ثـَمّـَن |
| She/it(f) set | hiya thammanithiya thammanit | هـِي َ ثـَمّـَنـِت |
| They set | humma thammanuhumma thammanoo | هـُمّ َ ثـَمّـَنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might set | 'ana yimkin 'athammanaacnaa yimkin aacthamman | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أثـَمّـَن |
| We might set | 'ihna yimkin nithammaniicHnaa yimkin nithamman | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(m) might set | 'inta yimkin tithammaniicnta yimkin tithamman | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(f) might set | 'inti yimkin tithammaniiicnti yimkin tithammany | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَمّـَني |
| You(pl) might set | 'intu yimkin tithammanuiicntoo yimkin tithammanoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِثـَمّـَنوا |
| He/it(m) might set | huwa yimkin yithammanhuwa yimkin yithamman | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـَمّـَن |
| She/it(f) might set | hiya yimkin tithammanhiya yimkin tithamman | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَمّـَن |
| They might set | humma yimkin yithammanuhumma yimkin yithammanoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـَمّـَنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I set | 'ana bathammanaacnaa bathamman | أنا َ بـَثـَمّـَن |
| We set | 'ihna binithammaniicHnaa binithamman | إحنا َ بـِنـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(m) set | 'inta bitithammaniicnta bitithamman | إنت َ بـِتـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(f) set | 'inti bitithammaniiicnti bitithammany | إنت ِ بـِتـِثـَمّـَني |
| You(pl) set | 'intu bitithammanuiicntoo bitithammanoo | إنتوا بـِتـِثـَمّـَنوا |
| He/it(m) sets | huwa biyithammanhuwa biyithamman | هـُو َ بـِيـِثـَمّـَن |
| She/it(f) sets | hiya bitithammanhiya bitithamman | هـِي َ بـِتـِثـَمّـَن |
| They set | humma biyithammanuhumma biyithammanoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِثـَمّـَنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will set | 'ana hathammanaacnaa hathamman | أنا َ هـَثـَمّـَن |
| We will set | 'ihna hanithammaniicHnaa hanithamman | إحنا َ هـَنـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(m) will set | 'inta hatithammaniicnta hatithamman | إنت َ هـَتـِثـَمّـَن |
| You(f) will set | 'inti hatithammaniiicnti hatithammany | إنت ِ هـَتـِثـَمّـَني |
| You(pl) will set | 'intu hatithammanuiicntoo hatithammanoo | إنتوا هـَتـِثـَمّـَنوا |
| He/it(m) will set | huwa hayithammanhuwa hayithamman | هـُو َ هـَيـِثـَمّـَن |
| She/it(f) will set | hiya hatithammanhiya hatithamman | هـِي َ هـَتـِثـَمّـَن |
| They will set | humma hayithammanuhumma hayithammanoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِثـَمّـَنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) set! | 'ithmaniicthman | إثمـَن |
| You(f) set! | 'ithmaniiicthmany | إثمـَني |
| You(pl) set! | ithmanuithmanoo | ِثمـَنوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is set | huwa mithammanhuwa mithamman | هـُو َ مـِثـَمّـَن |
| She/it(f) is set | hiya mithammanahiya mithammanaö | هـِي َ مـِثـَمّـَنـَة |
| They are set | humma mithammaneenhumma mithammanyn | هـُمّ َ مـِثـَمّـَنين |
