Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I crawled | 'ana sahaftaacnaa saHaft | أنا َ سـَحـَفت |
| We crawled | 'ihna sahafnaiicHnaa saHafnaa | إحنا َ سـَحـَفنا |
| You(m) crawled | 'inta sahaftiicnta saHaft | إنت َ سـَحـَفت |
| You(f) crawled | 'inti sahaftiiicnti saHafty | إنت ِ سـَحـَفتي |
| You(pl) crawled | 'intu sahaftuiicntoo saHaftoo | إنتوا سـَحـَفتوا |
| He/it(m) crawled | huwa sahafhuwa saHaf | هـُو َ سـَحـَف |
| She/it(f) crawled | hiya sahafithiya saHafit | هـِي َ سـَحـَفـِت |
| They crawled | humma sahafuhumma saHafoo | هـُمّ َ سـَحـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might crawl | 'ana yimkin 'ashafaacnaa yimkin aacsHaf | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسحـَف |
| We might crawl | 'ihna yimkin nishafiicHnaa yimkin nisHaf | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسحـَف |
| You(m) might crawl | 'inta yimkin tishafiicnta yimkin tisHaf | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـَف |
| You(f) might crawl | 'inti yimkin tishafiiicnti yimkin tisHafy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـَفي |
| You(pl) might crawl | 'intu yimkin tishafuiicntoo yimkin tisHafoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) might crawl | huwa yimkin yishafhuwa yimkin yisHaf | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسحـَف |
| She/it(f) might crawl | hiya yimkin tishafhiya yimkin tisHaf | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـَف |
| They might crawl | humma yimkin yishafuhumma yimkin yisHafoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسحـَفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I crawl | 'ana bashafaacnaa basHaf | أنا َ بـَسحـَف |
| We crawl | 'ihna binishafiicHnaa binisHaf | إحنا َ بـِنـِسحـَف |
| You(m) crawl | 'inta bitishafiicnta bitisHaf | إنت َ بـِتـِسحـَف |
| You(f) crawl | 'inti bitishafiiicnti bitisHafy | إنت ِ بـِتـِسحـَفي |
| You(pl) crawl | 'intu bitishafuiicntoo bitisHafoo | إنتوا بـِتـِسحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) crawls | huwa biyishafhuwa biyisHaf | هـُو َ بـِيـِسحـَف |
| She/it(f) crawls | hiya bitishafhiya bitisHaf | هـِي َ بـِتـِسحـَف |
| They crawl | humma biyishafuhumma biyisHafoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسحـَفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will crawl | 'ana hashafaacnaa hasHaf | أنا َ هـَسحـَف |
| We will crawl | 'ihna hanishafiicHnaa hanisHaf | إحنا َ هـَنـِسحـَف |
| You(m) will crawl | 'inta hatishafiicnta hatisHaf | إنت َ هـَتـِسحـَف |
| You(f) will crawl | 'inti hatishafiiicnti hatisHafy | إنت ِ هـَتـِسحـَفي |
| You(pl) will crawl | 'intu hatishafuiicntoo hatisHafoo | إنتوا هـَتـِسحـَفوا |
| He/it(m) will crawl | huwa hayishafhuwa hayisHaf | هـُو َ هـَيـِسحـَف |
| She/it(f) will crawl | hiya hatishafhiya hatisHaf | هـِي َ هـَتـِسحـَف |
| They will crawl | humma hayishafuhumma hayisHafoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسحـَفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) crawl! | 'ishafiicsHaf | إسحـَف |
| You(f) crawl! | 'ishafiiicsHafy | إسحـَفي |
| You(pl) crawl! | 'ishafuiicsHafoo | إسحـَفوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am crawling | 'ana saehifaacnaa saeHif | أنا َ سا َحـِف |
| I(f) am crawling | 'ana saehifaaacnaa saeHifaö | أنا َ سا َحـِفـَة |
| We are crawling | 'ihna saehifeeniicHnaa saeHifyn | إحنا َ سا َحـِفين |
| You(m) are crawling | 'inta saehifiicnta saeHif | إنت َ سا َحـِف |
| You(f) are crawling | 'inti saehifaiicnti saeHifaö | إنت ِ سا َحـِفـَة |
| You(pl) are crawling | 'intu saehifeeniicntoo saeHifyn | إنتوا سا َحـِفين |
| He/it(m) is crawling | huwa saehifhuwa saeHif | هـُو َ سا َحـِف |
| She/it(f) is crawling | hiya saehifahiya saeHifaö | هـِي َ سا َحـِفـَة |
| They are crawling | humma saehifeenhumma saeHifyn | هـُمّ َ سا َحـِفين |
