Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana chaffeetaacnaa Kaffyt | أنا َ خـَفّيت |
| We got | 'ihna chaffeenaiicHnaa Kaffynaa | إحنا َ خـَفّينا |
| You(m) got | 'inta chaffeetiicnta Kaffyt | إنت َ خـَفّيت |
| You(f) got | 'inti chaffeetiiicnti Kaffyty | إنت ِ خـَفّيتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu chaffeetuiicntoo Kaffytoo | إنتوا خـَفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa chaffhuwa Kaff | هـُو َ خـَفّ |
| She/it(f) got | hiya chaffithiya Kaffit | هـِي َ خـَفّـِت |
| They got | humma chaffuhumma Kaffoo | هـُمّ َ خـَفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'achiffaacnaa yimkin aacKiff | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخـِفّ |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nichiffiicHnaa yimkin niKiff | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخـِفّ |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tichiffiicnta yimkin tiKiff | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّ |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tichiffiiicnti yimkin tiKiffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّي |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tichiffuiicntoo yimkin tiKiffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yichiffhuwa yimkin yiKiff | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـِفّ |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tichiffhiya yimkin tiKiff | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّ |
| They might get | humma yimkin yichiffuhumma yimkin yiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـِفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana bachiffaacnaa baKiff | أنا َ بـَخـِفّ |
| We get | 'ihna binchiffiicHnaa binKiff | إحنا َ بـِنخـِفّ |
| You(m) get | 'inta bitchiffiicnta bitKiff | إنت َ بـِتخـِفّ |
| You(f) get | 'inti bitchiffiiicnti bitKiffy | إنت ِ بـِتخـِفّي |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bitchiffuiicntoo bitKiffoo | إنتوا بـِتخـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyichiffhuwa biyiKiff | هـُو َ بـِيـِخـِفّ |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bitchiffhiya bitKiff | هـِي َ بـِتخـِفّ |
| They get | humma biyichiffuhumma biyiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخـِفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana hachiffaacnaa haKiff | أنا َ هـَخـِفّ |
| We will get | 'ihna hanchiffiicHnaa hanKiff | إحنا َ هـَنخـِفّ |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatchiffiicnta hatKiff | إنت َ هـَتخـِفّ |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatchiffiiicnti hatKiffy | إنت ِ هـَتخـِفّي |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatchiffuiicntoo hatKiffoo | إنتوا هـَتخـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayichiffhuwa hayiKiff | هـُو َ هـَيـِخـِفّ |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatchiffhiya hatKiff | هـِي َ هـَتخـِفّ |
| They will get | humma hayichiffuhumma hayiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخـِفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) get! | chiffKiff | خـِفّ |
| You(f) get! | chiffiKiffy | خـِفّي |
| You(pl) get! | chiffuKiffoo | خـِفّوا |
