Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I heated | 'ana daffeetaacnaa daffyt | أنا َ د َفّيت |
| We heated | 'ihna daffeenaiicHnaa daffynaa | إحنا َ د َفّينا |
| You(m) heated | 'inta daffeetiicnta daffyt | إنت َ د َفّيت |
| You(f) heated | 'inti daffeetiiicnti daffyty | إنت ِ د َفّيتي |
| You(pl) heated | 'intu daffeetuiicntoo daffytoo | إنتوا د َفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) heated | huwa daffahuwa daffY | هـُو َ د َفّى |
| She/it(f) heated | hiya daffithiya daffit | هـِي َ د َفّـِت |
| They heated | humma daffuhumma daffoo | هـُمّ َ د َفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might heat | 'ana yimkin 'adaffiaacnaa yimkin aacdaffy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َفّي |
| We might heat | 'ihna yimkin nidaffiiicHnaa yimkin nidaffy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َفّي |
| You(m) might heat | 'inta yimkin tidaffiiicnta yimkin tidaffy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َفّي |
| You(f) might heat | 'inti yimkin tidaffiiicnti yimkin tidaffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َفّي |
| You(pl) might heat | 'intu yimkin tidaffuiicntoo yimkin tidaffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َفّوا |
| He/it(m) might heat | huwa yimkin yidaffihuwa yimkin yidaffy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َفّي |
| She/it(f) might heat | hiya yimkin tidaffihiya yimkin tidaffy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َفّي |
| They might heat | humma yimkin yidaffuhumma yimkin yidaffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I heat | 'ana badaffiaacnaa badaffy | أنا َ بـَد َفّي |
| We heat | 'ihna bindaffiiicHnaa bindaffy | إحنا َ بـِند َفّي |
| You(m) heat | 'inta bitdaffiiicnta bitdaffy | إنت َ بـِتد َفّي |
| You(f) heat | 'inti bitdaffiiicnti bitdaffy | إنت ِ بـِتد َفّي |
| You(pl) heat | 'intu bitdaffuiicntoo bitdaffoo | إنتوا بـِتد َفّوا |
| He/it(m) heats | huwa biyidaffihuwa biyidaffy | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َفّي |
| She/it(f) heats | hiya bitdaffihiya bitdaffy | هـِي َ بـِتد َفّي |
| They heat | humma biyidaffuhumma biyidaffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will heat | 'ana hadaffiaacnaa hadaffy | أنا َ هـَد َفّي |
| We will heat | 'ihna handaffiiicHnaa handaffy | إحنا َ هـَند َفّي |
| You(m) will heat | 'inta hatdaffiiicnta hatdaffy | إنت َ هـَتد َفّي |
| You(f) will heat | 'inti hatdaffiiicnti hatdaffy | إنت ِ هـَتد َفّي |
| You(pl) will heat | 'intu hatdaffuiicntoo hatdaffoo | إنتوا هـَتد َفّوا |
| He/it(m) will heat | huwa hayidaffihuwa hayidaffy | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َفّي |
| She/it(f) will heat | hiya hatdaffihiya hatdaffy | هـِي َ هـَتد َفّي |
| They will heat | humma hayidaffuhumma hayidaffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) heat! | daffidaffy | د َفّي |
| You(f) heat! | daffidaffy | د َفّي |
| You(pl) heat! | daffudaffoo | د َفّوا |
