Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I deferred | 'ana chadaAtaacnaa KaDaAt | أنا َ خـَضـَعت |
| We deferred | 'ihna chadaAnaiicHnaa KaDaAnaa | إحنا َ خـَضـَعنا |
| You(m) deferred | 'inta chadaAtiicnta KaDaAt | إنت َ خـَضـَعت |
| You(f) deferred | 'inti chadaAtiiicnti KaDaAty | إنت ِ خـَضـَعتي |
| You(pl) deferred | 'intu chadaAtuiicntoo KaDaAtoo | إنتوا خـَضـَعتوا |
| He/it(m) deferred | huwa chadaAhuwa KaDaA | هـُو َ خـَضـَع |
| She/it(f) deferred | hiya chadaAithiya KaDaAit | هـِي َ خـَضـَعـِت |
| They deferred | humma chadaAuhumma KaDaAoo | هـُمّ َ خـَضـَعوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might defer | 'ana yimkin 'achdaAaacnaa yimkin aacKDaA | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخضـَع |
| We might defer | 'ihna yimkin nichdaAiicHnaa yimkin niKDaA | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخضـَع |
| You(m) might defer | 'inta yimkin tichdaAiicnta yimkin tiKDaA | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخضـَع |
| You(f) might defer | 'inti yimkin tichdaAiiicnti yimkin tiKDaAy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخضـَعي |
| You(pl) might defer | 'intu yimkin tichdaAuiicntoo yimkin tiKDaAoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخضـَعوا |
| He/it(m) might defer | huwa yimkin yichdaAhuwa yimkin yiKDaA | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخضـَع |
| She/it(f) might defer | hiya yimkin tichdaAhiya yimkin tiKDaA | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخضـَع |
| They might defer | humma yimkin yichdaAuhumma yimkin yiKDaAoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخضـَعوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I defer | 'ana bachdaAaacnaa baKDaA | أنا َ بـَخضـَع |
| We defer | 'ihna binichdaAiicHnaa biniKDaA | إحنا َ بـِنـِخضـَع |
| You(m) defer | 'inta bitichdaAiicnta bitiKDaA | إنت َ بـِتـِخضـَع |
| You(f) defer | 'inti bitichdaAiiicnti bitiKDaAy | إنت ِ بـِتـِخضـَعي |
| You(pl) defer | 'intu bitichdaAuiicntoo bitiKDaAoo | إنتوا بـِتـِخضـَعوا |
| He/it(m) defers | huwa biyichdaAhuwa biyiKDaA | هـُو َ بـِيـِخضـَع |
| She/it(f) defers | hiya bitichdaAhiya bitiKDaA | هـِي َ بـِتـِخضـَع |
| They defer | humma biyichdaAuhumma biyiKDaAoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخضـَعوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will defer | 'ana hachdaAaacnaa haKDaA | أنا َ هـَخضـَع |
| We will defer | 'ihna hanichdaAiicHnaa haniKDaA | إحنا َ هـَنـِخضـَع |
| You(m) will defer | 'inta hatichdaAiicnta hatiKDaA | إنت َ هـَتـِخضـَع |
| You(f) will defer | 'inti hatichdaAiiicnti hatiKDaAy | إنت ِ هـَتـِخضـَعي |
| You(pl) will defer | 'intu hatichdaAuiicntoo hatiKDaAoo | إنتوا هـَتـِخضـَعوا |
| He/it(m) will defer | huwa hayichdaAhuwa hayiKDaA | هـُو َ هـَيـِخضـَع |
| She/it(f) will defer | hiya hatichdaAhiya hatiKDaA | هـِي َ هـَتـِخضـَع |
| They will defer | humma hayichdaAuhumma hayiKDaAoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخضـَعوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) defer! | 'ichdaAiicKDaA | إخضـَع |
| You(f) defer! | 'ichdaAiiicKDaAy | إخضـَعي |
| You(pl) defer! | 'ichdaAuiicKDaAoo | إخضـَعوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am deferring | 'ana chaadiAaacnaa KaaDiA | أنا َ خا َضـِع |
| I(f) am deferring | 'ana chaadiAaaacnaa KaaDiAaö | أنا َ خا َضـِعـَة |
| We are deferring | 'ihna chaadiAeeniicHnaa KaaDiAyn | إحنا َ خا َضـِعين |
| You(m) are deferring | 'inta chaadiAiicnta KaaDiA | إنت َ خا َضـِع |
| You(f) are deferring | 'inti chaadiAaiicnti KaaDiAaö | إنت ِ خا َضـِعـَة |
| You(pl) are deferring | 'intu chaadiAeeniicntoo KaaDiAyn | إنتوا خا َضـِعين |
| He/it(m) is deferring | huwa chaadiAhuwa KaaDiA | هـُو َ خا َضـِع |
| She/it(f) is deferring | hiya chaadiAahiya KaaDiAaö | هـِي َ خا َضـِعـَة |
| They are deferring | humma chaadiAeenhumma KaaDiAyn | هـُمّ َ خا َضـِعين |
