Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I persisted | 'ana 'asarreetaacnaa aacSarryt | أنا َ أصـَرّيت |
| We persisted | 'ihna 'asarreenaiicHnaa aacSarrynaa | إحنا َ أصـَرّينا |
| You(m) persisted | 'inta 'asarreetiicnta aacSarryt | إنت َ أصـَرّيت |
| You(f) persisted | 'inti 'asarreetiiicnti aacSarryty | إنت ِ أصـَرّيتي |
| You(pl) persisted | 'intu 'asarreetuiicntoo aacSarrytoo | إنتوا أصـَرّيتوا |
| He/it(m) persisted | huwa 'asarrhuwa aacSarr | هـُو َ أصـَرّ |
| She/it(f) persisted | hiya 'asarrithiya aacSarrit | هـِي َ أصـَرّ ِت |
| They persisted | humma 'asarruhumma aacSarroo | هـُمّ َ أصـَرّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might persist | 'ana yimkin 'usirraacnaa yimkin uucSirr | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أ ُصـِرّ |
| We might persist | 'ihna yimkin nusirriicHnaa yimkin nuSirr | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُصـِرّ |
| You(m) might persist | 'inta yimkin tusirriicnta yimkin tuSirr | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّ |
| You(f) might persist | 'inti yimkin tusirriiicnti yimkin tuSirry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّي |
| You(pl) might persist | 'intu yimkin tusirruiicntoo yimkin tuSirroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّوا |
| He/it(m) might persist | huwa yimkin yusirrhuwa yimkin yuSirr | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُصـِرّ |
| She/it(f) might persist | hiya yimkin tusirrhiya yimkin tuSirr | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّ |
| They might persist | humma yimkin yusirruhumma yimkin yuSirroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُصـِرّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I persist | 'ana 'usirraacnaa uucSirr | أنا َ أ ُصـِرّ |
| We persist | 'ihna binusirriicHnaa binuSirr | إحنا َ بـِنـُصـِرّ |
| You(m) persist | 'inta bitusirriicnta bituSirr | إنت َ بـِتـُصـِرّ |
| You(f) persist | 'inti bitusirriiicnti bituSirry | إنت ِ بـِتـُصـِرّي |
| You(pl) persist | 'intu bitusirruiicntoo bituSirroo | إنتوا بـِتـُصـِرّوا |
| He/it(m) persists | huwa biyusirrhuwa biyuSirr | هـُو َ بـِيـُصـِرّ |
| She/it(f) persists | hiya bitusirrhiya bituSirr | هـِي َ بـِتـُصـِرّ |
| They persist | humma biyusirruhumma biyuSirroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُصـِرّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will persist | 'ana husirraacnaa huSirr | أنا َ هـُصـِرّ |
| We will persist | 'ihna hanusirriicHnaa hanuSirr | إحنا َ هـَنـُصـِرّ |
| You(m) will persist | 'inta hatusirriicnta hatuSirr | إنت َ هـَتـُصـِرّ |
| You(f) will persist | 'inti hatusirriiicnti hatuSirry | إنت ِ هـَتـُصـِرّي |
| You(pl) will persist | 'intu hatusirruiicntoo hatuSirroo | إنتوا هـَتـُصـِرّوا |
| He/it(m) will persist | huwa hayusirrhuwa hayuSirr | هـُو َ هـَيـُصـِرّ |
| She/it(f) will persist | hiya hatusirrhiya hatuSirr | هـِي َ هـَتـُصـِرّ |
| They will persist | humma hayusirruhumma hayuSirroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُصـِرّوا |
