Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I misquoted | 'ana 'awwiltaacnaa qawwilt | أنا َ قـَوّ ِلت |
| We misquoted | 'ihna 'awwilnaiicHnaa qawwilnaa | إحنا َ قـَوّ ِلنا |
| You(m) misquoted | 'inta 'awwiltiicnta qawwilt | إنت َ قـَوّ ِلت |
| You(f) misquoted | 'inti 'awwiltiiicnti qawwilty | إنت ِ قـَوّ ِلتي |
| You(pl) misquoted | 'intu 'awwiltuiicntoo qawwiltoo | إنتوا قـَوّ ِلتوا |
| He/it(m) misquoted | huwa 'awwilhuwa qawwil | هـُو َ قـَوّ ِل |
| She/it(f) misquoted | hiya 'awwilithiya qawwilit | هـِي َ قـَوّ ِلـِت |
| They misquoted | humma 'awwiluhumma qawwiloo | هـُمّ َ قـَوّ ِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might misquote | 'ana yimkin 'a'awwilaacnaa yimkin aacqawwil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَوّ ِل |
| We might misquote | 'ihna yimkin ni'awwiliicHnaa yimkin niqawwil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَوّ ِل |
| You(m) might misquote | 'inta yimkin ti'awwiliicnta yimkin tiqawwil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّ ِل |
| You(f) might misquote | 'inti yimkin ti'awwiliiicnti yimkin tiqawwily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّ ِلي |
| You(pl) might misquote | 'intu yimkin ti'awwiluiicntoo yimkin tiqawwiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّ ِلوا |
| He/it(m) might misquote | huwa yimkin yi'awwilhuwa yimkin yiqawwil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَوّ ِل |
| She/it(f) might misquote | hiya yimkin ti'awwilhiya yimkin tiqawwil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّ ِل |
| They might misquote | humma yimkin yi'awwiluhumma yimkin yiqawwiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَوّ ِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I misquote | 'ana ba'awwilaacnaa baqawwil | أنا َ بـَقـَوّ ِل |
| We misquote | 'ihna bin'awwiliicHnaa binqawwil | إحنا َ بـِنقـَوّ ِل |
| You(m) misquote | 'inta bit'awwiliicnta bitqawwil | إنت َ بـِتقـَوّ ِل |
| You(f) misquote | 'inti bit'awwiliiicnti bitqawwily | إنت ِ بـِتقـَوّ ِلي |
| You(pl) misquote | 'intu bit'awwiluiicntoo bitqawwiloo | إنتوا بـِتقـَوّ ِلوا |
| He/it(m) misquotes | huwa biyi'awwilhuwa biyiqawwil | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَوّ ِل |
| She/it(f) misquotes | hiya bit'awwilhiya bitqawwil | هـِي َ بـِتقـَوّ ِل |
| They misquote | humma biyi'awwiluhumma biyiqawwiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَوّ ِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will misquote | 'ana ha'awwilaacnaa haqawwil | أنا َ هـَقـَوّ ِل |
| We will misquote | 'ihna han'awwiliicHnaa hanqawwil | إحنا َ هـَنقـَوّ ِل |
| You(m) will misquote | 'inta hat'awwiliicnta hatqawwil | إنت َ هـَتقـَوّ ِل |
| You(f) will misquote | 'inti hat'awwiliiicnti hatqawwily | إنت ِ هـَتقـَوّ ِلي |
| You(pl) will misquote | 'intu hat'awwiluiicntoo hatqawwiloo | إنتوا هـَتقـَوّ ِلوا |
| He/it(m) will misquote | huwa hayi'awwilhuwa hayiqawwil | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَوّ ِل |
| She/it(f) will misquote | hiya hat'awwilhiya hatqawwil | هـِي َ هـَتقـَوّ ِل |
| They will misquote | humma hayi'awwiluhumma hayiqawwiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَوّ ِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) misquote! | 'awwilqawwil | قـَوّ ِل |
| You(f) misquote! | 'awwiliqawwily | قـَوّ ِلي |
| You(pl) misquote! | 'awwiluqawwiloo | قـَوّ ِلوا |
