Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I confronted | 'ana waegihtaacnaa waegiht | أنا َ وا َجـِهت |
| We confronted | 'ihna waegihnaiicHnaa waegihnaa | إحنا َ وا َجـِهنا |
| You(m) confronted | 'inta waegihtiicnta waegiht | إنت َ وا َجـِهت |
| You(f) confronted | 'inti waegihtiiicnti waegihty | إنت ِ وا َجـِهتي |
| You(pl) confronted | 'intu waegihtuiicntoo waegihtoo | إنتوا وا َجـِهتوا |
| He/it(m) confronted | huwa waegihhuwa waegih | هـُو َ وا َجـِه |
| She/it(f) confronted | hiya waghithiya waeghit | هـِي َ وا َجهـِت |
| They confronted | humma waegihuhumma waegihoo | هـُمّ َ وا َجـِهوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might confront | 'ana yimkin 'awaegihaacnaa yimkin aacwaegih | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أوا َجـِه |
| We might confront | 'ihna yimkin niwaegihiicHnaa yimkin niwaegih | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِوا َجـِه |
| You(m) might confront | 'inta yimkin tiwaegihiicnta yimkin tiwaegih | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِوا َجـِه |
| You(f) might confront | 'inti yimkin tiwaghiiicnti yimkin tiwaeghy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِوا َجهي |
| You(pl) might confront | 'intu yimkin tiwaghuiicntoo yimkin tiwaeghoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِوا َجهوا |
| He/it(m) might confront | huwa yimkin yiwaegihhuwa yimkin yiwaegih | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِوا َجـِه |
| She/it(f) might confront | hiya yimkin tiwaegihhiya yimkin tiwaegih | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِوا َجـِه |
| They might confront | humma yimkin yiwaghuhumma yimkin yiwaeghoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِوا َجهوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I confront | 'ana bawaegihaacnaa bawaegih | أنا َ بـَوا َجـِه |
| We confront | 'ihna binwaegihiicHnaa binwaegih | إحنا َ بـِنوا َجـِه |
| You(m) confront | 'inta bitwaegihiicnta bitwaegih | إنت َ بـِتوا َجـِه |
| You(f) confront | 'inti bitwaghiiicnti bitwaeghy | إنت ِ بـِتوا َجهي |
| You(pl) confront | 'intu bitwaghuiicntoo bitwaeghoo | إنتوا بـِتوا َجهوا |
| He/it(m) confronts | huwa biyiwaegihhuwa biyiwaegih | هـُو َ بـِيـِوا َجـِه |
| She/it(f) confronts | hiya bitwaegihhiya bitwaegih | هـِي َ بـِتوا َجـِه |
| They confront | humma biywaghuhumma biywaeghoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيوا َجهوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will confront | 'ana hawaegihaacnaa hawaegih | أنا َ هـَوا َجـِه |
| We will confront | 'ihna hanwaegihiicHnaa hanwaegih | إحنا َ هـَنوا َجـِه |
| You(m) will confront | 'inta hatwaegihiicnta hatwaegih | إنت َ هـَتوا َجـِه |
| You(f) will confront | 'inti hatwaghiiicnti hatwaeghy | إنت ِ هـَتوا َجهي |
| You(pl) will confront | 'intu hatwaghuiicntoo hatwaeghoo | إنتوا هـَتوا َجهوا |
| He/it(m) will confront | huwa hayiwaegihhuwa hayiwaegih | هـُو َ هـَيـِوا َجـِه |
| She/it(f) will confront | hiya hatwaegihhiya hatwaegih | هـِي َ هـَتوا َجـِه |
| They will confront | humma hayiwaghuhumma hayiwaeghoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِوا َجهوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) confront! | waegihwaegih | وا َجـِه |
| You(f) confront! | waghiwaeghy | وا َجهي |
| You(pl) confront! | waghuwaeghoo | وا َجهوا |
