Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I cost | 'ana kalliftaacnaa kallift | أنا َ كـَلّـِفت |
| We cost | 'ihna kallifnaiicHnaa kallifnaa | إحنا َ كـَلّـِفنا |
| You(m) cost | 'inta kalliftiicnta kallift | إنت َ كـَلّـِفت |
| You(f) cost | 'inti kalliftiiicnti kallifty | إنت ِ كـَلّـِفتي |
| You(pl) cost | 'intu kalliftuiicntoo kalliftoo | إنتوا كـَلّـِفتوا |
| He/it(m) cost | huwa kallifhuwa kallif | هـُو َ كـَلّـِف |
| She/it(f) cost | hiya kallifithiya kallifit | هـِي َ كـَلّـِفـِت |
| They cost | humma kallifuhumma kallifoo | هـُمّ َ كـَلّـِفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might cost | 'ana yimkin 'akallifaacnaa yimkin aackallif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكـَلّـِف |
| We might cost | 'ihna yimkin nikallifiicHnaa yimkin nikallif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكـَلّـِف |
| You(m) might cost | 'inta yimkin tikallifiicnta yimkin tikallif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِف |
| You(f) might cost | 'inti yimkin tikallifiiicnti yimkin tikallify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِفي |
| You(pl) might cost | 'intu yimkin tikallifuiicntoo yimkin tikallifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) might cost | huwa yimkin yikallifhuwa yimkin yikallif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَلّـِف |
| She/it(f) might cost | hiya yimkin tikallifhiya yimkin tikallif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِف |
| They might cost | humma yimkin yikallifuhumma yimkin yikallifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَلّـِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I cost | 'ana bakallifaacnaa bakallif | أنا َ بـَكـَلّـِف |
| We cost | 'ihna binkallifiicHnaa binkallif | إحنا َ بـِنكـَلّـِف |
| You(m) cost | 'inta bitkallifiicnta bitkallif | إنت َ بـِتكـَلّـِف |
| You(f) cost | 'inti bitkallifiiicnti bitkallify | إنت ِ بـِتكـَلّـِفي |
| You(pl) cost | 'intu bitkallifuiicntoo bitkallifoo | إنتوا بـِتكـَلّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) costs | huwa biyikallifhuwa biyikallif | هـُو َ بـِيـِكـَلّـِف |
| She/it(f) costs | hiya bitkallifhiya bitkallif | هـِي َ بـِتكـَلّـِف |
| They cost | humma biyikallifuhumma biyikallifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكـَلّـِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will cost | 'ana hakallifaacnaa hakallif | أنا َ هـَكـَلّـِف |
| We will cost | 'ihna hankallifiicHnaa hankallif | إحنا َ هـَنكـَلّـِف |
| You(m) will cost | 'inta hatkallifiicnta hatkallif | إنت َ هـَتكـَلّـِف |
| You(f) will cost | 'inti hatkallifiiicnti hatkallify | إنت ِ هـَتكـَلّـِفي |
| You(pl) will cost | 'intu hatkallifuiicntoo hatkallifoo | إنتوا هـَتكـَلّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) will cost | huwa hayikallifhuwa hayikallif | هـُو َ هـَيـِكـَلّـِف |
| She/it(f) will cost | hiya hatkallifhiya hatkallif | هـِي َ هـَتكـَلّـِف |
| They will cost | humma hayikallifuhumma hayikallifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكـَلّـِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) cost! | kallifkallif | كـَلّـِف |
| You(f) cost! | kallifikallify | كـَلّـِفي |
| You(pl) cost! | kallifukallifoo | كـَلّـِفوا |
