Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I got | 'ana chatabtaacnaa KaTabt | أنا َ خـَطـَبت |
We got | 'ihna chatabnaiicHnaa KaTabnaa | إحنا َ خـَطـَبنا |
You(m) got | 'inta chatabtiicnta KaTabt | إنت َ خـَطـَبت |
You(f) got | 'inti chatabtiiicnti KaTabty | إنت ِ خـَطـَبتي |
You(pl) got | 'intu chatabtuiicntoo KaTabtoo | إنتوا خـَطـَبتوا |
He/it(m) got | huwa chatabhuwa KaTab | هـُو َ خـَطـَب |
She/it(f) got | hiya chatabithiya KaTabit | هـِي َ خـَطـَبـِت |
They got | humma chatabuhumma KaTaboo | هـُمّ َ خـَطـَبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might get | 'ana yimkin 'achtubaacnaa yimkin aacKTub | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخطـُب |
We might get | 'ihna yimkin nuchtubiicHnaa yimkin nuKTub | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُخطـُب |
You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tuchtubiicnta yimkin tuKTub | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُخطـُب |
You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tuchtubiiicnti yimkin tuKTuby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُخطـُبي |
You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tuchtubuiicntoo yimkin tuKTuboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُخطـُبوا |
He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yuchtubhuwa yimkin yuKTub | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُخطـُب |
She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tuchtubhiya yimkin tuKTub | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُخطـُب |
They might get | humma yimkin yuchtubuhumma yimkin yuKTuboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُخطـُبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I get | 'ana bachtubaacnaa baKTub | أنا َ بـَخطـُب |
We get | 'ihna binuchtubiicHnaa binuKTub | إحنا َ بـِنـُخطـُب |
You(m) get | 'inta bituchtubiicnta bituKTub | إنت َ بـِتـُخطـُب |
You(f) get | 'inti bituchtubiiicnti bituKTuby | إنت ِ بـِتـُخطـُبي |
You(pl) get | 'intu bituchtubuiicntoo bituKTuboo | إنتوا بـِتـُخطـُبوا |
He/it(m) gets | huwa biyuchtubhuwa biyuKTub | هـُو َ بـِيـُخطـُب |
She/it(f) gets | hiya bituchtubhiya bituKTub | هـِي َ بـِتـُخطـُب |
They get | humma biyuchtubuhumma biyuKTuboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُخطـُبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will get | 'ana hachtubaacnaa haKTub | أنا َ هـَخطـُب |
We will get | 'ihna hanuchtubiicHnaa hanuKTub | إحنا َ هـَنـُخطـُب |
You(m) will get | 'inta hatuchtubiicnta hatuKTub | إنت َ هـَتـُخطـُب |
You(f) will get | 'inti hatuchtubiiicnti hatuKTuby | إنت ِ هـَتـُخطـُبي |
You(pl) will get | 'intu hatuchtubuiicntoo hatuKTuboo | إنتوا هـَتـُخطـُبوا |
He/it(m) will get | huwa hayuchtubhuwa hayuKTub | هـُو َ هـَيـُخطـُب |
She/it(f) will get | hiya hatuchtubhiya hatuKTub | هـِي َ هـَتـُخطـُب |
They will get | humma hayuchtubuhumma hayuKTuboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُخطـُبوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
English | Egyptian |
He/it(m) is engaged | huwa machtoobhuwa maKTwb | هـُو َ مـَخطوب |
She/it(f) is engaged | hiya machtoobahiya maKTwbaö | هـِي َ مـَخطوبـَة |
They are engaged | humma machtoobeenhumma maKTwbyn | هـُمّ َ مـَخطوبين |