Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I confined | 'ana hagzeetaacnaa Hagzyt | أنا َ حـَجزيت |
| We confined | 'ihna hagzeenaiicHnaa Hagzynaa | إحنا َ حـَجزينا |
| You(m) confined | 'inta hagzeetiicnta Hagzyt | إنت َ حـَجزيت |
| You(f) confined | 'inti hagzeetiiicnti Hagzyty | إنت ِ حـَجزيتي |
| You(pl) confined | 'intu hagzeetuiicntoo Hagzytoo | إنتوا حـَجزيتوا |
| He/it(m) confined | huwa hagzhuwa Hagz | هـُو َ حـَجز |
| She/it(f) confined | hiya hagzithiya Hagzit | هـِي َ حـَجز ِت |
| They confined | humma hagzuhumma Hagzoo | هـُمّ َ حـَجزوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might confine | 'ana yimkin 'ahugzaacnaa yimkin aacHugz | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحـُجز |
| We might confine | 'ihna yimkin nihugziicHnaa yimkin niHugz | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحـُجز |
| You(m) might confine | 'inta yimkin tihugziicnta yimkin tiHugz | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـُجز |
| You(f) might confine | 'inti yimkin tihugziiicnti yimkin tiHugzy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحـُجزي |
| You(pl) might confine | 'intu yimkin tihugzuiicntoo yimkin tiHugzoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحـُجزوا |
| He/it(m) might confine | huwa yimkin yihugzhuwa yimkin yiHugz | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـُجز |
| She/it(f) might confine | hiya yimkin tihugzhiya yimkin tiHugz | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـُجز |
| They might confine | humma yimkin yihugzuhumma yimkin yiHugzoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـُجزوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I confine | 'ana bahugzaacnaa baHugz | أنا َ بـَحـُجز |
| We confine | 'ihna binihugziicHnaa biniHugz | إحنا َ بـِنـِحـُجز |
| You(m) confine | 'inta bitihugziicnta bitiHugz | إنت َ بـِتـِحـُجز |
| You(f) confine | 'inti bitihugziiicnti bitiHugzy | إنت ِ بـِتـِحـُجزي |
| You(pl) confine | 'intu bitihugzuiicntoo bitiHugzoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحـُجزوا |
| He/it(m) confines | huwa biyihugzhuwa biyiHugz | هـُو َ بـِيـِحـُجز |
| She/it(f) confines | hiya bitihugzhiya bitiHugz | هـِي َ بـِتـِحـُجز |
| They confine | humma biyihugzuhumma biyiHugzoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحـُجزوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will confine | 'ana hahugzaacnaa haHugz | أنا َ هـَحـُجز |
| We will confine | 'ihna hanihugziicHnaa haniHugz | إحنا َ هـَنـِحـُجز |
| You(m) will confine | 'inta hatihugziicnta hatiHugz | إنت َ هـَتـِحـُجز |
| You(f) will confine | 'inti hatihugziiicnti hatiHugzy | إنت ِ هـَتـِحـُجزي |
| You(pl) will confine | 'intu hatihugzuiicntoo hatiHugzoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحـُجزوا |
| He/it(m) will confine | huwa hayihugzhuwa hayiHugz | هـُو َ هـَيـِحـُجز |
| She/it(f) will confine | hiya hatihugzhiya hatiHugz | هـِي َ هـَتـِحـُجز |
| They will confine | humma hayihugzuhumma hayiHugzoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحـُجزوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) confine! | 'ihugziicHugz | إحـُجز |
| You(f) confine! | 'ihugziiicHugzy | إحـُجزي |
| You(pl) confine! | 'ihugzuiicHugzoo | إحـُجزوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am confining | 'ana haagizaacnaa Haagiz | أنا َ حا َجـِز |
| I(f) am confining | 'ana haagizaaacnaa Haagizaö | أنا َ حا َجـِز َة |
| We are confining | 'ihna haagizeeniicHnaa Haagizyn | إحنا َ حا َجـِزين |
| You(m) are confining | 'inta haagiziicnta Haagiz | إنت َ حا َجـِز |
| You(f) are confining | 'inti haagizaiicnti Haagizaö | إنت ِ حا َجـِز َة |
| You(pl) are confining | 'intu haagizeeniicntoo Haagizyn | إنتوا حا َجـِزين |
| He/it(m) is confining | huwa haagizhuwa Haagiz | هـُو َ حا َجـِز |
| She/it(f) is confining | hiya haagizahiya Haagizaö | هـِي َ حا َجـِز َة |
| They are confining | humma haagizeenhumma Haagizyn | هـُمّ َ حا َجـِزين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is confined | huwa mahgoozhuwa maHgwz | هـُو َ مـَحجوز |
| She/it(f) is confined | hiya mahgoozahiya maHgwzaö | هـِي َ مـَحجوز َة |
| They are confined | humma mahgoozeenhumma maHgwzyn | هـُمّ َ مـَحجوزين |
