Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I eaten | 'ana 'itghaddeetaacnaa iictGaddyt | أنا َ إتغـَدّيت |
| We eaten | 'ihna 'itghaddeenaiicHnaa iictGaddynaa | إحنا َ إتغـَدّينا |
| You(m) eaten | 'inta 'itghaddeetiicnta iictGaddyt | إنت َ إتغـَدّيت |
| You(f) eaten | 'inti 'itghaddeetiiicnti iictGaddyty | إنت ِ إتغـَدّيتي |
| You(pl) eaten | 'intu 'itghaddeetuiicntoo iictGaddytoo | إنتوا إتغـَدّيتوا |
| He/it(m) eaten | huwa 'itghaddahuwa iictGaddaa | هـُو َ إتغـَدّا |
| She/it(f) eaten | hiya 'itghaddithiya iictGaddit | هـِي َ إتغـَدّ ِت |
| They eaten | humma 'itghadduhumma iictGaddoo | هـُمّ َ إتغـَدّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might eat | 'ana yimkin 'atghaddaaacnaa yimkin aactGaddaa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتغـَدّا |
| We might eat | 'ihna yimkin nitghaddaiicHnaa yimkin nitGaddaa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتغـَدّا |
| You(m) might eat | 'inta yimkin titghaddaiicnta yimkin titGaddaa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـَدّا |
| You(f) might eat | 'inti yimkin titghaddiiicnti yimkin titGaddy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـَدّي |
| You(pl) might eat | 'intu yimkin titghadduiicntoo yimkin titGaddoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتغـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) might eat | huwa yimkin yitghaddahuwa yimkin yitGaddaa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتغـَدّا |
| She/it(f) might eat | hiya yimkin titghaddahiya yimkin titGaddaa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـَدّا |
| They might eat | humma yimkin yitghadduhumma yimkin yitGaddoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتغـَدّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I eat | 'ana batghaddaaacnaa batGaddaa | أنا َ بـَتغـَدّا |
| We eat | 'ihna binitghaddaiicHnaa binitGaddaa | إحنا َ بـِنـِتغـَدّا |
| You(m) eat | 'inta bititghaddaiicnta bititGaddaa | إنت َ بـِتـِتغـَدّا |
| You(f) eat | 'inti bititghaddiiicnti bititGaddy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتغـَدّي |
| You(pl) eat | 'intu bititghadduiicntoo bititGaddoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتغـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) eats | huwa biyitghaddahuwa biyitGaddaa | هـُو َ بـِيـِتغـَدّا |
| She/it(f) eats | hiya bititghaddahiya bititGaddaa | هـِي َ بـِتـِتغـَدّا |
| They eat | humma biyitghadduhumma biyitGaddoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتغـَدّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will eat | 'ana hatghaddaaacnaa hatGaddaa | أنا َ هـَتغـَدّا |
| We will eat | 'ihna hanitghaddaiicHnaa hanitGaddaa | إحنا َ هـَنـِتغـَدّا |
| You(m) will eat | 'inta hatitghaddaiicnta hatitGaddaa | إنت َ هـَتـِتغـَدّا |
| You(f) will eat | 'inti hatitghaddiiicnti hatitGaddy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتغـَدّي |
| You(pl) will eat | 'intu hatitghadduiicntoo hatitGaddoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتغـَدّوا |
| He/it(m) will eat | huwa hayitghaddahuwa hayitGaddaa | هـُو َ هـَيـِتغـَدّا |
| She/it(f) will eat | hiya hatitghaddahiya hatitGaddaa | هـِي َ هـَتـِتغـَدّا |
| They will eat | humma hayitghadduhumma hayitGaddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتغـَدّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) eat! | 'itghaddaiictGaddaa | إتغـَدّا |
| You(f) eat! | 'itghaddiiictGaddy | إتغـَدّي |
| You(pl) eat! | 'itghadduiictGaddoo | إتغـَدّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is have | huwa mitghaddihuwa mitGaddy | هـُو َ مـِتغـَدّي |
| She/it(f) is have | hiya mitghaddyahiya mitGaddyaö | هـِي َ مـِتغـَدّيـَة |
| They are have | humma mitghaddyeenhumma mitGaddyyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتغـَدّيين |
