Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I span | 'ana laffeetaacnaa laffyt | أنا َ لـَفّيت |
| We span | 'ihna laffeenaiicHnaa laffynaa | إحنا َ لـَفّينا |
| You(m) span | 'inta laffeetiicnta laffyt | إنت َ لـَفّيت |
| You(f) span | 'inti laffeetiiicnti laffyty | إنت ِ لـَفّيتي |
| You(pl) span | 'intu laffeetuiicntoo laffytoo | إنتوا لـَفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) span | huwa laffhuwa laff | هـُو َ لـَفّ |
| She/it(f) span | hiya laffithiya laffit | هـِي َ لـَفّـِت |
| They span | humma laffuhumma laffoo | هـُمّ َ لـَفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might spin | 'ana yimkin 'aliffaacnaa yimkin aacliff | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـِفّ |
| We might spin | 'ihna yimkin niliffiicHnaa yimkin niliff | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـِفّ |
| You(m) might spin | 'inta yimkin tiliffiicnta yimkin tiliff | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّ |
| You(f) might spin | 'inti yimkin tiliffiiicnti yimkin tiliffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّي |
| You(pl) might spin | 'intu yimkin tiliffuiicntoo yimkin tiliffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) might spin | huwa yimkin yiliffhuwa yimkin yiliff | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـِفّ |
| She/it(f) might spin | hiya yimkin tiliffhiya yimkin tiliff | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّ |
| They might spin | humma yimkin yiliffuhumma yimkin yiliffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـِفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I spin | 'ana baliffaacnaa baliff | أنا َ بـَلـِفّ |
| We spin | 'ihna binliffiicHnaa binliff | إحنا َ بـِنلـِفّ |
| You(m) spin | 'inta bitliffiicnta bitliff | إنت َ بـِتلـِفّ |
| You(f) spin | 'inti bitliffiiicnti bitliffy | إنت ِ بـِتلـِفّي |
| You(pl) spin | 'intu bitliffuiicntoo bitliffoo | إنتوا بـِتلـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) spins | huwa biyiliffhuwa biyiliff | هـُو َ بـِيـِلـِفّ |
| She/it(f) spins | hiya bitliffhiya bitliff | هـِي َ بـِتلـِفّ |
| They spin | humma biyiliffuhumma biyiliffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـِفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will spin | 'ana haliffaacnaa haliff | أنا َ هـَلـِفّ |
| We will spin | 'ihna hanliffiicHnaa hanliff | إحنا َ هـَنلـِفّ |
| You(m) will spin | 'inta hatliffiicnta hatliff | إنت َ هـَتلـِفّ |
| You(f) will spin | 'inti hatliffiiicnti hatliffy | إنت ِ هـَتلـِفّي |
| You(pl) will spin | 'intu hatliffuiicntoo hatliffoo | إنتوا هـَتلـِفّوا |
| He/it(m) will spin | huwa hayiliffhuwa hayiliff | هـُو َ هـَيـِلـِفّ |
| She/it(f) will spin | hiya hatliffhiya hatliff | هـِي َ هـَتلـِفّ |
| They will spin | humma hayiliffuhumma hayiliffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـِفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) spin! | liffliff | لـِفّ |
| You(f) spin! | liffiliffy | لـِفّي |
| You(pl) spin! | liffuliffoo | لـِفّوا |
