Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I distressed | 'ana zaAAaltaacnaa zaAAalt | أنا َ ز َعّـَلت |
| We distressed | 'ihna zaAAalnaiicHnaa zaAAalnaa | إحنا َ ز َعّـَلنا |
| You(m) distressed | 'inta zaAAaltiicnta zaAAalt | إنت َ ز َعّـَلت |
| You(f) distressed | 'inti zaAAaltiiicnti zaAAalty | إنت ِ ز َعّـَلتي |
| You(pl) distressed | 'intu zaAAaltuiicntoo zaAAaltoo | إنتوا ز َعّـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) distressed | huwa zaAAalhuwa zaAAal | هـُو َ ز َعّـَل |
| She/it(f) distressed | hiya zaAAalithiya zaAAalit | هـِي َ ز َعّـَلـِت |
| They distressed | humma zaAAaluhumma zaAAaloo | هـُمّ َ ز َعّـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might distress | 'ana yimkin 'azaAAalaacnaa yimkin aaczaAAal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أز َعّـَل |
| We might distress | 'ihna yimkin nizaAAaliicHnaa yimkin nizaAAal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِز َعّـَل |
| You(m) might distress | 'inta yimkin tizaAAaliicnta yimkin tizaAAal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِز َعّـَل |
| You(f) might distress | 'inti yimkin tizaAAaliiicnti yimkin tizaAAaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِز َعّـَلي |
| You(pl) might distress | 'intu yimkin tizaAAaluiicntoo yimkin tizaAAaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِز َعّـَلوا |
| He/it(m) might distress | huwa yimkin yizaAAalhuwa yimkin yizaAAal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِز َعّـَل |
| She/it(f) might distress | hiya yimkin tizaAAalhiya yimkin tizaAAal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِز َعّـَل |
| They might distress | humma yimkin yizaAAaluhumma yimkin yizaAAaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِز َعّـَلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I distress | 'ana bazaAAalaacnaa bazaAAal | أنا َ بـَز َعّـَل |
| We distress | 'ihna binizaAAaliicHnaa binizaAAal | إحنا َ بـِنـِز َعّـَل |
| You(m) distress | 'inta bitizaAAaliicnta bitizaAAal | إنت َ بـِتـِز َعّـَل |
| You(f) distress | 'inti bitizaAAaliiicnti bitizaAAaly | إنت ِ بـِتـِز َعّـَلي |
| You(pl) distress | 'intu bitizaAAaluiicntoo bitizaAAaloo | إنتوا بـِتـِز َعّـَلوا |
| He/it(m) distresss | huwa biyizaAAalhuwa biyizaAAal | هـُو َ بـِيـِز َعّـَل |
| She/it(f) distresss | hiya bitizaAAalhiya bitizaAAal | هـِي َ بـِتـِز َعّـَل |
| They distress | humma biyizaAAaluhumma biyizaAAaloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِز َعّـَلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will distress | 'ana hazaAAalaacnaa hazaAAal | أنا َ هـَز َعّـَل |
| We will distress | 'ihna hanizaAAaliicHnaa hanizaAAal | إحنا َ هـَنـِز َعّـَل |
| You(m) will distress | 'inta hatizaAAaliicnta hatizaAAal | إنت َ هـَتـِز َعّـَل |
| You(f) will distress | 'inti hatizaAAaliiicnti hatizaAAaly | إنت ِ هـَتـِز َعّـَلي |
| You(pl) will distress | 'intu hatizaAAaluiicntoo hatizaAAaloo | إنتوا هـَتـِز َعّـَلوا |
| He/it(m) will distress | huwa hayizaAAalhuwa hayizaAAal | هـُو َ هـَيـِز َعّـَل |
| She/it(f) will distress | hiya hatizaAAalhiya hatizaAAal | هـِي َ هـَتـِز َعّـَل |
| They will distress | humma hayizaAAaluhumma hayizaAAaloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِز َعّـَلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) distress! | 'izAaliiczAal | إزعـَل |
| You(f) distress! | 'izAaliiiczAaly | إزعـَلي |
| You(pl) distress! | izAaluizAaloo | ِزعـَلوا |
