Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana booztaacnaa bwZt | أنا َ بوظت |
| We got | 'ihna booznaiicHnaa bwZnaa | إحنا َ بوظنا |
| You(m) got | 'inta booztiicnta bwZt | إنت َ بوظت |
| You(f) got | 'inti booztiiicnti bwZty | إنت ِ بوظتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu booztuiicntoo bwZtoo | إنتوا بوظتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa baazhuwa baaZ | هـُو َ با َظ |
| She/it(f) got | hiya baazithiya baaZit | هـِي َ با َظـِت |
| They got | humma bazuhumma baaZoo | هـُمّ َ با َظوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'aboozaacnaa yimkin aacbwZ | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبوظ |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nibooziicHnaa yimkin nibwZ | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبوظ |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tibooziicnta yimkin tibwZ | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبوظ |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tibooziiicnti yimkin tibwZy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبوظي |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tiboozuiicntoo yimkin tibwZoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبوظوا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yiboozhuwa yimkin yibwZ | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبوظ |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tiboozhiya yimkin tibwZ | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبوظ |
| They might get | humma yimkin yiboozuhumma yimkin yibwZoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبوظوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana baboozaacnaa babwZ | أنا َ بـَبوظ |
| We get | 'ihna binbooziicHnaa binbwZ | إحنا َ بـِنبوظ |
| You(m) get | 'inta bitbooziicnta bitbwZ | إنت َ بـِتبوظ |
| You(f) get | 'inti bitbooziiicnti bitbwZy | إنت ِ بـِتبوظي |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bitboozuiicntoo bitbwZoo | إنتوا بـِتبوظوا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyiboozhuwa biyibwZ | هـُو َ بـِيـِبوظ |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bitboozhiya bitbwZ | هـِي َ بـِتبوظ |
| They get | humma biyiboozuhumma biyibwZoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبوظوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana haboozaacnaa habwZ | أنا َ هـَبوظ |
| We will get | 'ihna hanbooziicHnaa hanbwZ | إحنا َ هـَنبوظ |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatbooziicnta hatbwZ | إنت َ هـَتبوظ |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatbooziiicnti hatbwZy | إنت ِ هـَتبوظي |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatboozuiicntoo hatbwZoo | إنتوا هـَتبوظوا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayiboozhuwa hayibwZ | هـُو َ هـَيـِبوظ |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatboozhiya hatbwZ | هـِي َ هـَتبوظ |
| They will get | humma hayiboozuhumma hayibwZoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبوظوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am getting | 'ana baayizaacnaa baayiZ | أنا َ با َيـِظ |
| I(f) am getting | 'ana baayizaaacnaa baayiZaö | أنا َ با َيـِظـَة |
| We are getting | 'ihna baayizeeniicHnaa baayiZyn | إحنا َ با َيـِظين |
| You(m) are getting | 'inta baayiziicnta baayiZ | إنت َ با َيـِظ |
| You(f) are getting | 'inti baayizaiicnti baayiZaö | إنت ِ با َيـِظـَة |
| You(pl) are getting | 'intu baayizeeniicntoo baayiZyn | إنتوا با َيـِظين |
| He/it(m) is getting | huwa baayizhuwa baayiZ | هـُو َ با َيـِظ |
| She/it(f) is getting | hiya baayizahiya baayiZaö | هـِي َ با َيـِظـَة |
| They are getting | humma baayizeenhumma baayiZyn | هـُمّ َ با َيـِظين |
