Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I finished | 'ana 'anheetaacnaa aacnhyt | أنا َ أنهيت |
| We finished | 'ihna 'anheenaiicHnaa aacnhynaa | إحنا َ أنهينا |
| You(m) finished | 'inta 'anheetiicnta aacnhyt | إنت َ أنهيت |
| You(f) finished | 'inti 'anheetiiicnti aacnhyty | إنت ِ أنهيتي |
| You(pl) finished | 'intu 'anheetuiicntoo aacnhytoo | إنتوا أنهيتوا |
| He/it(m) finished | huwa 'anhahuwa aacnhY | هـُو َ أنهى |
| She/it(f) finished | hiya 'anhithiya aacnhit | هـِي َ أنهـِت |
| They finished | humma 'anhuhumma aacnhoo | هـُمّ َ أنهوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might finish | 'ana yimkin 'anhiaacnaa yimkin aacnhy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنهي |
| We might finish | 'ihna yimkin ninhiiicHnaa yimkin ninhy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنهي |
| You(m) might finish | 'inta yimkin tinhiiicnta yimkin tinhy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنهي |
| You(f) might finish | 'inti yimkin tinhiiicnti yimkin tinhy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنهي |
| You(pl) might finish | 'intu yimkin tinhuiicntoo yimkin tinhoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنهوا |
| He/it(m) might finish | huwa yimkin yinhihuwa yimkin yinhy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنهي |
| She/it(f) might finish | hiya yimkin tinhihiya yimkin tinhy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنهي |
| They might finish | humma yimkin yinhuhumma yimkin yinhoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنهوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I finish | 'ana banhiaacnaa banhy | أنا َ بـَنهي |
| We finish | 'ihna bininhiiicHnaa bininhy | إحنا َ بـِنـِنهي |
| You(m) finish | 'inta bitinhiiicnta bitinhy | إنت َ بـِتـِنهي |
| You(f) finish | 'inti bitinhiiicnti bitinhy | إنت ِ بـِتـِنهي |
| You(pl) finish | 'intu bitinhuiicntoo bitinhoo | إنتوا بـِتـِنهوا |
| He/it(m) finishes | huwa biyinhihuwa biyinhy | هـُو َ بـِيـِنهي |
| She/it(f) finishes | hiya bitinhihiya bitinhy | هـِي َ بـِتـِنهي |
| They finish | humma biyinhuhumma biyinhoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنهوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will finish | 'ana hanhiaacnaa hanhy | أنا َ هـَنهي |
| We will finish | 'ihna haninhiiicHnaa haninhy | إحنا َ هـَنـِنهي |
| You(m) will finish | 'inta hatinhiiicnta hatinhy | إنت َ هـَتـِنهي |
| You(f) will finish | 'inti hatinhiiicnti hatinhy | إنت ِ هـَتـِنهي |
| You(pl) will finish | 'intu hatinhuiicntoo hatinhoo | إنتوا هـَتـِنهوا |
| He/it(m) will finish | huwa hayinhihuwa hayinhy | هـُو َ هـَيـِنهي |
| She/it(f) will finish | hiya hatinhihiya hatinhy | هـِي َ هـَتـِنهي |
| They will finish | humma hayinhuhumma hayinhoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنهوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) finish! | 'anhiaacnhy | أنهي |
| You(f) finish! | 'anhiaacnhy | أنهي |
| You(pl) finish! | 'anhuaacnhoo | أنهوا |
