Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana 'istaAaditaacnaa iicstaAadit | أنا َ إستـَعـَد ِت |
| We got | 'ihna 'istaAadinaiicHnaa iicstaAadinaa | إحنا َ إستـَعـَد ِنا |
| You(m) got | 'inta 'istaAaditiicnta iicstaAadit | إنت َ إستـَعـَد ِت |
| You(f) got | 'inti 'istaAaditiiicnti iicstaAadity | إنت ِ إستـَعـَد ِتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu 'istaAadituiicntoo iicstaAaditoo | إنتوا إستـَعـَد ِتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa 'istaAadhuwa iicstaAad | هـُو َ إستـَعـَد |
| She/it(f) got | hiya 'istaAadithiya iicstaAadit | هـِي َ إستـَعـَد ِت |
| They got | humma 'istaAiduhumma iicstaAidoo | هـُمّ َ إستـَعـِدوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'astaAidaacnaa yimkin aacstaAid | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَعـِد |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nistaAidiicHnaa yimkin nistaAid | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِستـَعـِد |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tistaAidiicnta yimkin tistaAid | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعـِد |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tistaAidiiicnti yimkin tistaAidy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعـِدي |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tistaAiduiicntoo yimkin tistaAidoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعـِدوا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yistaAidhuwa yimkin yistaAid | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعـِد |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tistaAidhiya yimkin tistaAid | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعـِد |
| They might get | humma yimkin yistaAiduhumma yimkin yistaAidoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعـِدوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana bastaAidaacnaa bastaAid | أنا َ بـَستـَعـِد |
| We get | 'ihna binistaAidiicHnaa binistaAid | إحنا َ بـِنـِستـَعـِد |
| You(m) get | 'inta bitistaAidiicnta bitistaAid | إنت َ بـِتـِستـَعـِد |
| You(f) get | 'inti bitistiAidiiicnti bitistiAidy | إنت ِ بـِتـِستـِعـِدي |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bitistaAiduiicntoo bitistaAidoo | إنتوا بـِتـِستـَعـِدوا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyistaAidhuwa biyistaAid | هـُو َ بـِيـِستـَعـِد |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bitistaAidhiya bitistaAid | هـِي َ بـِتـِستـَعـِد |
| They get | humma biyistaAiduhumma biyistaAidoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِستـَعـِدوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana hastaAidaacnaa hastaAid | أنا َ هـَستـَعـِد |
| We will get | 'ihna hanistaAidiicHnaa hanistaAid | إحنا َ هـَنـِستـَعـِد |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatistaAidiicnta hatistaAid | إنت َ هـَتـِستـَعـِد |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatistaAidiiicnti hatistaAidy | إنت ِ هـَتـِستـَعـِدي |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatistaAiduiicntoo hatistaAidoo | إنتوا هـَتـِستـَعـِدوا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayistaAidhuwa hayistaAid | هـُو َ هـَيـِستـَعـِد |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatistaAidhiya hatistaAid | هـِي َ هـَتـِستـَعـِد |
| They will get | humma hayistaAiduhumma hayistaAidoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِستـَعـِدوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) get! | 'itsaAidiictsaAid | إتسـَعـِد |
| You(f) get! | 'itsaAidiiictsaAidy | إتسـَعـِدي |
| You(pl) get! | 'itsaAiduiictsaAidoo | إتسـَعـِدوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is ready | huwa mustaAidhuwa mustaAid | هـُو َ مـُستـَعـِد |
| She/it(f) is ready | hiya mustaAidahiya mustaAidaö | هـِي َ مـُستـَعـِد َة |
| They are ready | humma mustaAideenhumma mustaAidyn | هـُمّ َ مـُستـَعـِدين |
