Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I renounced | 'ana kafartaacnaa kafart | أنا َ كـَفـَرت |
| We renounced | 'ihna kafarnaiicHnaa kafarnaa | إحنا َ كـَفـَرنا |
| You(m) renounced | 'inta kafartiicnta kafart | إنت َ كـَفـَرت |
| You(f) renounced | 'inti kafartiiicnti kafarty | إنت ِ كـَفـَرتي |
| You(pl) renounced | 'intu kafartuiicntoo kafartoo | إنتوا كـَفـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) renounced | huwa kafarhuwa kafar | هـُو َ كـَفـَر |
| She/it(f) renounced | hiya kafarithiya kafarit | هـِي َ كـَفـَر ِت |
| They renounced | humma kafaruhumma kafaroo | هـُمّ َ كـَفـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might renounce | 'ana yimkin 'akfaraacnaa yimkin aackfar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكفـَر |
| We might renounce | 'ihna yimkin nikfariicHnaa yimkin nikfar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكفـَر |
| You(m) might renounce | 'inta yimkin tikfariicnta yimkin tikfar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكفـَر |
| You(f) might renounce | 'inti yimkin tikfariiicnti yimkin tikfary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكفـَري |
| You(pl) might renounce | 'intu yimkin tikfaruiicntoo yimkin tikfaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكفـَروا |
| He/it(m) might renounce | huwa yimkin yikfarhuwa yimkin yikfar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكفـَر |
| She/it(f) might renounce | hiya yimkin tikfarhiya yimkin tikfar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكفـَر |
| They might renounce | humma yimkin yikfaruhumma yimkin yikfaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكفـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I renounce | 'ana bakfaraacnaa bakfar | أنا َ بـَكفـَر |
| We renounce | 'ihna binikfariicHnaa binikfar | إحنا َ بـِنـِكفـَر |
| You(m) renounce | 'inta bitikfariicnta bitikfar | إنت َ بـِتـِكفـَر |
| You(f) renounce | 'inti bitikfariiicnti bitikfary | إنت ِ بـِتـِكفـَري |
| You(pl) renounce | 'intu bitikfaruiicntoo bitikfaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِكفـَروا |
| He/it(m) renounces | huwa biyikfarhuwa biyikfar | هـُو َ بـِيـِكفـَر |
| She/it(f) renounces | hiya bitikfarhiya bitikfar | هـِي َ بـِتـِكفـَر |
| They renounce | humma biyikfaruhumma biyikfaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكفـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will renounce | 'ana hakfaraacnaa hakfar | أنا َ هـَكفـَر |
| We will renounce | 'ihna hanikfariicHnaa hanikfar | إحنا َ هـَنـِكفـَر |
| You(m) will renounce | 'inta hatikfariicnta hatikfar | إنت َ هـَتـِكفـَر |
| You(f) will renounce | 'inti hatikfariiicnti hatikfary | إنت ِ هـَتـِكفـَري |
| You(pl) will renounce | 'intu hatikfaruiicntoo hatikfaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِكفـَروا |
| He/it(m) will renounce | huwa hayikfarhuwa hayikfar | هـُو َ هـَيـِكفـَر |
| She/it(f) will renounce | hiya hatikfarhiya hatikfar | هـِي َ هـَتـِكفـَر |
| They will renounce | humma hayikfaruhumma hayikfaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكفـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) renounce! | 'ikfariickfar | إكفـَر |
| You(f) renounce! | 'ikfariiickfary | إكفـَري |
| You(pl) renounce! | 'ikfaruiickfaroo | إكفـَروا |
