Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I deferred | 'ana 'aggiltaacnaa aacggilt | أنا َ أجّـِلت |
| We deferred | 'ihna 'aggilnaiicHnaa aacggilnaa | إحنا َ أجّـِلنا |
| You(m) deferred | 'inta 'aggiltiicnta aacggilt | إنت َ أجّـِلت |
| You(f) deferred | 'inti 'aggiltiiicnti aacggilty | إنت ِ أجّـِلتي |
| You(pl) deferred | 'intu 'aggiltuiicntoo aacggiltoo | إنتوا أجّـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) deferred | huwa 'aggilhuwa aacggil | هـُو َ أجّـِل |
| She/it(f) deferred | hiya 'aggilithiya aacggilit | هـِي َ أجّـِلـِت |
| They deferred | humma 'aggiluhumma aacggiloo | هـُمّ َ أجّـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might defer | 'ana yimkin 'aaggilaacnaa yimkin aacaaggil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أا َجّـِل |
| We might defer | 'ihna yimkin ni'aggiliicHnaa yimkin niaacggil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِأجّـِل |
| You(m) might defer | 'inta yimkin ti'aggiliicnta yimkin tiaacggil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِأجّـِل |
| You(f) might defer | 'inti yimkin ti'aggiliiicnti yimkin tiaacggily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِأجّـِلي |
| You(pl) might defer | 'intu yimkin ti'aggiluiicntoo yimkin tiaacggiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِأجّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might defer | huwa yimkin yi'aggilhuwa yimkin yiaacggil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِأجّـِل |
| She/it(f) might defer | hiya yimkin ti'aggilhiya yimkin tiaacggil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِأجّـِل |
| They might defer | humma yimkin yi'aggiluhumma yimkin yiaacggiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِأجّـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I defer | 'ana b'aggilaacnaa baacggil | أنا َ بأجّـِل |
| We defer | 'ihna bin'aggiliicHnaa binaacggil | إحنا َ بـِنأجّـِل |
| You(m) defer | 'inta bit'aggiliicnta bitaacggil | إنت َ بـِتأجّـِل |
| You(f) defer | 'inti bit'aggiliiicnti bitaacggily | إنت ِ بـِتأجّـِلي |
| You(pl) defer | 'intu bit'aggiluiicntoo bitaacggiloo | إنتوا بـِتأجّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) defers | huwa biy'aggilhuwa biyaacggil | هـُو َ بـِيأجّـِل |
| She/it(f) defers | hiya bit'aggilhiya bitaacggil | هـِي َ بـِتأجّـِل |
| They defer | humma biy'aggiluhumma biyaacggiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيأجّـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will defer | 'ana h'aggilaacnaa haacggil | أنا َ هأجّـِل |
| We will defer | 'ihna han'aggiliicHnaa hanaacggil | إحنا َ هـَنأجّـِل |
| You(m) will defer | 'inta hat'aggiliicnta hataacggil | إنت َ هـَتأجّـِل |
| You(f) will defer | 'inti hat'aggiliiicnti hataacggily | إنت ِ هـَتأجّـِلي |
| You(pl) will defer | 'intu hat'aggiluiicntoo hataacggiloo | إنتوا هـَتأجّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will defer | huwa hay'aggilhuwa hayaacggil | هـُو َ هـَيأجّـِل |
| She/it(f) will defer | hiya hat'aggilhiya hataacggil | هـِي َ هـَتأجّـِل |
| They will defer | humma hay'aggiluhumma hayaacggiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيأجّـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) defer! | 'aggilaacggil | أجّـِل |
| You(f) defer! | 'aggiliaacggily | أجّـِلي |
| You(pl) defer! | 'aggiluaacggiloo | أجّـِلوا |
