Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I interested | 'ana himmeetaacnaa himmyt | أنا َ هـِمّيت |
| We interested | 'ihna himmeenaiicHnaa himmynaa | إحنا َ هـِمّينا |
| You(m) interested | 'inta himmeetiicnta himmyt | إنت َ هـِمّيت |
| You(f) interested | 'inti himmeetiiicnti himmyty | إنت ِ هـِمّيتي |
| You(pl) interested | 'intu himmeetuiicntoo himmytoo | إنتوا هـِمّيتوا |
| He/it(m) interested | huwa himmhuwa himm | هـُو َ هـِمّ |
| She/it(f) interested | hiya himmithiya himmit | هـِي َ هـِمّـِت |
| They interested | humma himmuhumma himmoo | هـُمّ َ هـِمّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might interest | 'ana yimkin 'ahimmaacnaa yimkin aachimm | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـِمّ |
| We might interest | 'ihna yimkin nihimmiicHnaa yimkin nihimm | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـِمّ |
| You(m) might interest | 'inta yimkin tihimmiicnta yimkin tihimm | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِمّ |
| You(f) might interest | 'inti yimkin tihimmiiicnti yimkin tihimmy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِمّي |
| You(pl) might interest | 'intu yimkin tihimmuiicntoo yimkin tihimmoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـِمّوا |
| He/it(m) might interest | huwa yimkin yihimmhuwa yimkin yihimm | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِمّ |
| She/it(f) might interest | hiya yimkin tihimmhiya yimkin tihimm | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِمّ |
| They might interest | humma yimkin yihimmuhumma yimkin yihimmoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِمّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I interest | 'ana bahimmaacnaa bahimm | أنا َ بـَهـِمّ |
| We interest | 'ihna binhimmiicHnaa binhimm | إحنا َ بـِنهـِمّ |
| You(m) interest | 'inta bithimmiicnta bithimm | إنت َ بـِثـِمّ |
| You(f) interest | 'inti bithimmiiicnti bithimmy | إنت ِ بـِثـِمّي |
| You(pl) interest | 'intu bithimmuiicntoo bithimmoo | إنتوا بـِثـِمّوا |
| He/it(m) interests | huwa biyihimmhuwa biyihimm | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـِمّ |
| She/it(f) interests | hiya bithimmhiya bithimm | هـِي َ بـِثـِمّ |
| They interest | humma biyihimmuhumma biyihimmoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـِمّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will interest | 'ana hahimmaacnaa hahimm | أنا َ هـَهـِمّ |
| We will interest | 'ihna hanhimmiicHnaa hanhimm | إحنا َ هـَنهـِمّ |
| You(m) will interest | 'inta hathimmiicnta hathimm | إنت َ هـَثـِمّ |
| You(f) will interest | 'inti hathimmiiicnti hathimmy | إنت ِ هـَثـِمّي |
| You(pl) will interest | 'intu hathimmuiicntoo hathimmoo | إنتوا هـَثـِمّوا |
| He/it(m) will interest | huwa hayihimmhuwa hayihimm | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـِمّ |
| She/it(f) will interest | hiya hathimmhiya hathimm | هـِي َ هـَثـِمّ |
| They will interest | humma hayihimmuhumma hayihimmoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـِمّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) interest! | himmhimm | هـِمّ |
| You(f) interest! | himmihimmy | هـِمّي |
| You(pl) interest! | himmuhimmoo | هـِمّوا |
