Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I covered | 'ana ghatteetaacnaa GaTTyt | أنا َ غـَطّيت |
| We covered | 'ihna ghatteenaiicHnaa GaTTynaa | إحنا َ غـَطّينا |
| You(m) covered | 'inta ghatteetiicnta GaTTyt | إنت َ غـَطّيت |
| You(f) covered | 'inti ghatteetiiicnti GaTTyty | إنت ِ غـَطّيتي |
| You(pl) covered | 'intu ghatteetuiicntoo GaTTytoo | إنتوا غـَطّيتوا |
| He/it(m) covered | huwa ghattahuwa GaTTY | هـُو َ غـَطّى |
| She/it(f) covered | hiya ghattithiya GaTTit | هـِي َ غـَطّـِت |
| They covered | humma ghattuhumma GaTToo | هـُمّ َ غـَطّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might cover | 'ana yimkin 'aghattiaacnaa yimkin aacGaTTy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أغـَطّي |
| We might cover | 'ihna yimkin nighattiiicHnaa yimkin niGaTTy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِغـَطّي |
| You(m) might cover | 'inta yimkin tighattiiicnta yimkin tiGaTTy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي |
| You(f) might cover | 'inti yimkin tighattiiicnti yimkin tiGaTTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي |
| You(pl) might cover | 'intu yimkin tighattuiicntoo yimkin tiGaTToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّوا |
| He/it(m) might cover | huwa yimkin yighattihuwa yimkin yiGaTTy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَطّي |
| She/it(f) might cover | hiya yimkin tighattihiya yimkin tiGaTTy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي |
| They might cover | humma yimkin yighattuhumma yimkin yiGaTToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَطّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I cover | 'ana baghattiaacnaa baGaTTy | أنا َ بـَغـَطّي |
| We cover | 'ihna binghattiiicHnaa binGaTTy | إحنا َ بـِنغـَطّي |
| You(m) cover | 'inta bitghattiiicnta bitGaTTy | إنت َ بـِتغـَطّي |
| You(f) cover | 'inti bitghattiiicnti bitGaTTy | إنت ِ بـِتغـَطّي |
| You(pl) cover | 'intu bitghattuiicntoo bitGaTToo | إنتوا بـِتغـَطّوا |
| He/it(m) covers | huwa biyighattihuwa biyiGaTTy | هـُو َ بـِيـِغـَطّي |
| She/it(f) covers | hiya bitghattihiya bitGaTTy | هـِي َ بـِتغـَطّي |
| They cover | humma biyighattuhumma biyiGaTToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِغـَطّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will cover | 'ana haghattiaacnaa haGaTTy | أنا َ هـَغـَطّي |
| We will cover | 'ihna hanghattiiicHnaa hanGaTTy | إحنا َ هـَنغـَطّي |
| You(m) will cover | 'inta hatghattiiicnta hatGaTTy | إنت َ هـَتغـَطّي |
| You(f) will cover | 'inti hatghattiiicnti hatGaTTy | إنت ِ هـَتغـَطّي |
| You(pl) will cover | 'intu hatghattuiicntoo hatGaTToo | إنتوا هـَتغـَطّوا |
| He/it(m) will cover | huwa hayighattihuwa hayiGaTTy | هـُو َ هـَيـِغـَطّي |
| She/it(f) will cover | hiya hatghattihiya hatGaTTy | هـِي َ هـَتغـَطّي |
| They will cover | humma hayighattuhumma hayiGaTToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِغـَطّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) cover! | ghattiGaTTy | غـَطّي |
| You(f) cover! | ghattiGaTTy | غـَطّي |
| You(pl) cover! | ghattuGaTToo | غـَطّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is covered | huwa maghattihuwa maGaTTy | هـُو َ مـَغـَطّي |
| She/it(f) is covered | hiya maghattyahiya maGaTTyaö | هـِي َ مـَغـَطّيـَة |
| They are covered | humma maghattyeenhumma maGaTTyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَغـَطّيين |
