Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hopped | 'ana 'itnattattaacnaa iictnaTTaTt | أنا َ إتنـَطّـَطت |
| We hopped | 'ihna 'itnattatnaiicHnaa iictnaTTaTnaa | إحنا َ إتنـَطّـَطنا |
| You(m) hopped | 'inta 'itnattattiicnta iictnaTTaTt | إنت َ إتنـَطّـَطت |
| You(f) hopped | 'inti 'itnattattiiicnti iictnaTTaTty | إنت ِ إتنـَطّـَطتي |
| You(pl) hopped | 'intu 'itnattattuiicntoo iictnaTTaTtoo | إنتوا إتنـَطّـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) hopped | huwa 'itnattathuwa iictnaTTaT | هـُو َ إتنـَطّـَط |
| She/it(f) hopped | hiya 'itnattatithiya iictnaTTaTit | هـِي َ إتنـَطّـَطـِت |
| They hopped | humma 'itnattatuhumma iictnaTTaToo | هـُمّ َ إتنـَطّـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hop | 'ana yimkin 'atnattataacnaa yimkin aactnaTTaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتنـَطّـَط |
| We might hop | 'ihna yimkin nitnattatiicHnaa yimkin nitnaTTaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(m) might hop | 'inta yimkin titnattatiicnta yimkin titnaTTaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(f) might hop | 'inti yimkin titnattatiiicnti yimkin titnaTTaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتنـَطّـَطي |
| You(pl) might hop | 'intu yimkin titnattatuiicntoo yimkin titnaTTaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might hop | huwa yimkin yitnattathuwa yimkin yitnaTTaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتنـَطّـَط |
| She/it(f) might hop | hiya yimkin titnattathiya yimkin titnaTTaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتنـَطّـَط |
| They might hop | humma yimkin yitnattatuhumma yimkin yitnaTTaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hop | 'ana batnattataacnaa batnaTTaT | أنا َ بـَتنـَطّـَط |
| We hop | 'ihna binitnattatiicHnaa binitnaTTaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(m) hop | 'inta bititnattatiicnta bititnaTTaT | إنت َ بـِتـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(f) hop | 'inti bititnattatiiicnti bititnaTTaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتنـَطّـَطي |
| You(pl) hop | 'intu bititnattatuiicntoo bititnaTTaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) hops | huwa biyitnattathuwa biyitnaTTaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِتنـَطّـَط |
| She/it(f) hops | hiya bititnattathiya bititnaTTaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِتنـَطّـَط |
| They hop | humma biyitnattatuhumma biyitnaTTaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hop | 'ana hatnattataacnaa hatnaTTaT | أنا َ هـَتنـَطّـَط |
| We will hop | 'ihna hanitnattatiicHnaa hanitnaTTaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(m) will hop | 'inta hatitnattatiicnta hatitnaTTaT | إنت َ هـَتـِتنـَطّـَط |
| You(f) will hop | 'inti hatitnattatiiicnti hatitnaTTaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتنـَطّـَطي |
| You(pl) will hop | 'intu hatitnattatuiicntoo hatitnaTTaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will hop | huwa hayitnattathuwa hayitnaTTaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِتنـَطّـَط |
| She/it(f) will hop | hiya hatitnattathiya hatitnaTTaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِتنـَطّـَط |
| They will hop | humma hayitnattatuhumma hayitnaTTaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتنـَطّـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hop! | 'itnattatiictnaTTaT | إتنـَطّـَط |
| You(f) hop! | 'itnattatiiictnaTTaTy | إتنـَطّـَطي |
| You(pl) hop! | 'itnattatuiictnaTTaToo | إتنـَطّـَطوا |
