Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I made | 'ana gaAaltaacnaa gaAalt | أنا َ جـَعـَلت |
We made | 'ihna gaAalnaiicHnaa gaAalnaa | إحنا َ جـَعـَلنا |
You(m) made | 'inta gaAaltiicnta gaAalt | إنت َ جـَعـَلت |
You(f) made | 'inti gaAaltiiicnti gaAalty | إنت ِ جـَعـَلتي |
You(pl) made | 'intu gaAaltuiicntoo gaAaltoo | إنتوا جـَعـَلتوا |
He/it(m) made | huwa gaAalhuwa gaAal | هـُو َ جـَعـَل |
She/it(f) made | hiya gaAalithiya gaAalit | هـِي َ جـَعـَلـِت |
They made | humma gaAaluhumma gaAaloo | هـُمّ َ جـَعـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might make | 'ana yimkin 'agAalaacnaa yimkin aacgAal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أجعـَل |
We might make | 'ihna yimkin nigAaliicHnaa yimkin nigAal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِجعـَل |
You(m) might make | 'inta yimkin tigAaliicnta yimkin tigAal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِجعـَل |
You(f) might make | 'inti yimkin tigAaliiicnti yimkin tigAaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِجعـَلي |
You(pl) might make | 'intu yimkin tigAaluiicntoo yimkin tigAaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِجعـَلوا |
He/it(m) might make | huwa yimkin yigAalhuwa yimkin yigAal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِجعـَل |
She/it(f) might make | hiya yimkin tigAalhiya yimkin tigAal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِجعـَل |
They might make | humma yimkin yigAaluhumma yimkin yigAaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِجعـَلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I make | 'ana bagAalaacnaa bagAal | أنا َ بـَجعـَل |
We make | 'ihna binigAaliicHnaa binigAal | إحنا َ بـِنـِجعـَل |
You(m) make | 'inta bitigAaliicnta bitigAal | إنت َ بـِتـِجعـَل |
You(f) make | 'inti bitigAaliiicnti bitigAaly | إنت ِ بـِتـِجعـَلي |
You(pl) make | 'intu bitigAaluiicntoo bitigAaloo | إنتوا بـِتـِجعـَلوا |
He/it(m) makes | huwa biyigAalhuwa biyigAal | هـُو َ بـِيـِجعـَل |
She/it(f) makes | hiya bitigAalhiya bitigAal | هـِي َ بـِتـِجعـَل |
They make | humma biyigAaluhumma biyigAaloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِجعـَلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will make | 'ana hagAalaacnaa hagAal | أنا َ هـَجعـَل |
We will make | 'ihna hanigAaliicHnaa hanigAal | إحنا َ هـَنـِجعـَل |
You(m) will make | 'inta hatigAaliicnta hatigAal | إنت َ هـَتـِجعـَل |
You(f) will make | 'inti hatigAaliiicnti hatigAaly | إنت ِ هـَتـِجعـَلي |
You(pl) will make | 'intu hatigAaluiicntoo hatigAaloo | إنتوا هـَتـِجعـَلوا |
He/it(m) will make | huwa hayigAalhuwa hayigAal | هـُو َ هـَيـِجعـَل |
She/it(f) will make | hiya hatigAalhiya hatigAal | هـِي َ هـَتـِجعـَل |
They will make | humma hayigAaluhumma hayigAaloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِجعـَلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) make! | 'igAaliicgAal | إجعـَل |
You(f) make! | 'igAaliiicgAaly | إجعـَلي |
You(pl) make! | 'igAaluiicgAaloo | إجعـَلوا |