Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana 'itmasaktaacnaa iictmasakt | أنا َ إتمـَسـَكت |
| We got | 'ihna 'itmasaknaiicHnaa iictmasaknaa | إحنا َ إتمـَسـَكنا |
| You(m) got | 'inta 'itmasaktiicnta iictmasakt | إنت َ إتمـَسـَكت |
| You(f) got | 'inti 'itmasaktiiicnti iictmasakty | إنت ِ إتمـَسـَكتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu 'itmasaktuiicntoo iictmasaktoo | إنتوا إتمـَسـَكتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa 'itmasakhuwa iictmasak | هـُو َ إتمـَسـَك |
| She/it(f) got | hiya 'itmasakithiya iictmasakit | هـِي َ إتمـَسـَكـِت |
| They got | humma 'itmasakuhumma iictmasakoo | هـُمّ َ إتمـَسـَكوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'atmisikaacnaa yimkin aactmisik | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتمـِسـِك |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nitmisikiicHnaa yimkin nitmisik | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin titmisikiicnta yimkin titmisik | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin titmiskiiicnti yimkin titmisky | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـِسكي |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin titmiskuiicntoo yimkin titmiskoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتمـِسكوا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yitmisikhuwa yimkin yitmisik | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـِسـِك |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin titmisikhiya yimkin titmisik | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـِسـِك |
| They might get | humma yimkin yitmiskuhumma yimkin yitmiskoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـِسكوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana batmisikaacnaa batmisik | أنا َ بـَتمـِسـِك |
| We get | 'ihna binitmisikiicHnaa binitmisik | إحنا َ بـِنـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(m) get | 'inta bititmisikiicnta bititmisik | إنت َ بـِتـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(f) get | 'inti bititmiskiiicnti bititmisky | إنت ِ بـِتـِتمـِسكي |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bititmiskuiicntoo bititmiskoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتمـِسكوا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyitmisikhuwa biyitmisik | هـُو َ بـِيـِتمـِسـِك |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bititmisikhiya bititmisik | هـِي َ بـِتـِتمـِسـِك |
| They get | humma biyitmiskuhumma biyitmiskoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتمـِسكوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana hatmisikaacnaa hatmisik | أنا َ هـَتمـِسـِك |
| We will get | 'ihna hanitmisikiicHnaa hanitmisik | إحنا َ هـَنـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatitmisikiicnta hatitmisik | إنت َ هـَتـِتمـِسـِك |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatitmiskiiicnti hatitmisky | إنت ِ هـَتـِتمـِسكي |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatitmiskuiicntoo hatitmiskoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتمـِسكوا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayitmisikhuwa hayitmisik | هـُو َ هـَيـِتمـِسـِك |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatitmisikhiya hatitmisik | هـِي َ هـَتـِتمـِسـِك |
| They will get | humma hayitmiskuhumma hayitmiskoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتمـِسكوا |
