Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I stumbled | 'ana 'itkaAbiltaacnaa iictkaAbilt | أنا َ إتكـَعبـِلت |
| We stumbled | 'ihna 'itkaAbilnaiicHnaa iictkaAbilnaa | إحنا َ إتكـَعبـِلنا |
| You(m) stumbled | 'inta 'itkaAbiltiicnta iictkaAbilt | إنت َ إتكـَعبـِلت |
| You(f) stumbled | 'inti 'itkaAbiltiiicnti iictkaAbilty | إنت ِ إتكـَعبـِلتي |
| You(pl) stumbled | 'intu 'itkaAbiltuiicntoo iictkaAbiltoo | إنتوا إتكـَعبـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) stumbled | huwa 'itkaAbilhuwa iictkaAbil | هـُو َ إتكـَعبـِل |
| She/it(f) stumbled | hiya 'itkaAbilithiya iictkaAbilit | هـِي َ إتكـَعبـِلـِت |
| They stumbled | humma 'itkaAbiluhumma iictkaAbiloo | هـُمّ َ إتكـَعبـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might stumble | 'ana yimkin 'atkaAbilaacnaa yimkin aactkaAbil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتكـَعبـِل |
| We might stumble | 'ihna yimkin nitkaAbiliicHnaa yimkin nitkaAbil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(m) might stumble | 'inta yimkin titkaAbiliicnta yimkin titkaAbil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(f) might stumble | 'inti yimkin titkaAbiliiicnti yimkin titkaAbily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتكـَعبـِلي |
| You(pl) might stumble | 'intu yimkin titkaAbiluiicntoo yimkin titkaAbiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might stumble | huwa yimkin yitkaAbilhuwa yimkin yitkaAbil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتكـَعبـِل |
| She/it(f) might stumble | hiya yimkin titkaAbilhiya yimkin titkaAbil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتكـَعبـِل |
| They might stumble | humma yimkin yitkaAbiluhumma yimkin yitkaAbiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I stumble | 'ana batkaAbilaacnaa batkaAbil | أنا َ بـَتكـَعبـِل |
| We stumble | 'ihna binitkaAbiliicHnaa binitkaAbil | إحنا َ بـِنـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(m) stumble | 'inta bititkaAbiliicnta bititkaAbil | إنت َ بـِتـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(f) stumble | 'inti bitikaAbiliiicnti bitikaAbily | إنت ِ بـِتـِكـَعبـِلي |
| You(pl) stumble | 'intu bititkaAbiluiicntoo bititkaAbiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
| He/it(m) stumbles | huwa biyitkaAbilhuwa biyitkaAbil | هـُو َ بـِيـِتكـَعبـِل |
| She/it(f) stumbles | hiya bititkaAbilhiya bititkaAbil | هـِي َ بـِتـِتكـَعبـِل |
| They stumble | humma biyitkaAbiluhumma biyitkaAbiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will stumble | 'ana hatkaAbilaacnaa hatkaAbil | أنا َ هـَتكـَعبـِل |
| We will stumble | 'ihna hanitkaAbiliicHnaa hanitkaAbil | إحنا َ هـَنـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(m) will stumble | 'inta hatitkaAbiliicnta hatitkaAbil | إنت َ هـَتـِتكـَعبـِل |
| You(f) will stumble | 'inti hatitkaAbiliiicnti hatitkaAbily | إنت ِ هـَتـِتكـَعبـِلي |
| You(pl) will stumble | 'intu hatitkaAbiluiicntoo hatitkaAbiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will stumble | huwa hayitkaAbilhuwa hayitkaAbil | هـُو َ هـَيـِتكـَعبـِل |
| She/it(f) will stumble | hiya hatitkaAbilhiya hatitkaAbil | هـِي َ هـَتـِتكـَعبـِل |
| They will stumble | humma hayitkaAbiluhumma hayitkaAbiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتكـَعبـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) stumble! | 'itkaAbiliictkaAbil | إتكـَعبـِل |
| You(f) stumble! | 'itkaAbiliiictkaAbily | إتكـَعبـِلي |
| You(pl) stumble! | 'itkaAbiluiictkaAbiloo | إتكـَعبـِلوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is stumbled | huwa mitkaAbilhuwa mitkaAbil | هـُو َ مـِتكـَعبـِل |
| She/it(f) is stumbled | hiya mitkaAbilahiya mitkaAbilaö | هـِي َ مـِتكـَعبـِلـَة |
| They are stumbled | humma mitkaAbileenhumma mitkaAbilyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتكـَعبـِلين |
