Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I enjoyed | 'ana 'itmattaAtaacnaa iictmattaAt | أنا َ إتمـَتّـَعت |
We enjoyed | 'ihna 'itmattaAnaiicHnaa iictmattaAnaa | إحنا َ إتمـَتّـَعنا |
You(m) enjoyed | 'inta 'itmattaAtiicnta iictmattaAt | إنت َ إتمـَتّـَعت |
You(f) enjoyed | 'inti 'itmattaAtiiicnti iictmattaAty | إنت ِ إتمـَتّـَعتي |
You(pl) enjoyed | 'intu 'itmattaAtuiicntoo iictmattaAtoo | إنتوا إتمـَتّـَعتوا |
He/it(m) enjoyed | huwa 'itmattaAhuwa iictmattaA | هـُو َ إتمـَتّـَع |
She/it(f) enjoyed | hiya 'itmattaAithiya iictmattaAit | هـِي َ إتمـَتّـَعـِت |
They enjoyed | humma 'itmattaAuhumma iictmattaAoo | هـُمّ َ إتمـَتّـَعوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might enjoy | 'ana yimkin 'atmattaAaacnaa yimkin aactmattaA | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتمـَتّـَع |
We might enjoy | 'ihna yimkin nitmattaAiicHnaa yimkin nitmattaA | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(m) might enjoy | 'inta yimkin titmattaAiicnta yimkin titmattaA | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(f) might enjoy | 'inti yimkin titmattaAiiicnti yimkin titmattaAy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَتّـَعي |
You(pl) might enjoy | 'intu yimkin titmattaAuiicntoo yimkin titmattaAoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
He/it(m) might enjoy | huwa yimkin yitmattaAhuwa yimkin yitmattaA | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَتّـَع |
She/it(f) might enjoy | hiya yimkin titmattaAhiya yimkin titmattaA | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَتّـَع |
They might enjoy | humma yimkin yitmattaAuhumma yimkin yitmattaAoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I enjoy | 'ana batmattaAaacnaa batmattaA | أنا َ بـَتمـَتّـَع |
We enjoy | 'ihna binitmattaAiicHnaa binitmattaA | إحنا َ بـِنـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(m) enjoy | 'inta bititmattaAiicnta bititmattaA | إنت َ بـِتـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(f) enjoy | 'inti bititmattaAiiicnti bititmattaAy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتمـَتّـَعي |
You(pl) enjoy | 'intu bititmattaAuiicntoo bititmattaAoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
He/it(m) enjoys | huwa biyitmattaAhuwa biyitmattaA | هـُو َ بـِيـِتمـَتّـَع |
She/it(f) enjoys | hiya bititmattaAhiya bititmattaA | هـِي َ بـِتـِتمـَتّـَع |
They enjoy | humma biyitmattaAuhumma biyitmattaAoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will enjoy | 'ana hatmattaAaacnaa hatmattaA | أنا َ هـَتمـَتّـَع |
We will enjoy | 'ihna hanitmattaAiicHnaa hanitmattaA | إحنا َ هـَنـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(m) will enjoy | 'inta hatitmattaAiicnta hatitmattaA | إنت َ هـَتـِتمـَتّـَع |
You(f) will enjoy | 'inti hatitmattaAiiicnti hatitmattaAy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتمـَتّـَعي |
You(pl) will enjoy | 'intu hatitmattaAuiicntoo hatitmattaAoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
He/it(m) will enjoy | huwa hayitmattaAhuwa hayitmattaA | هـُو َ هـَيـِتمـَتّـَع |
She/it(f) will enjoy | hiya hatitmattaAhiya hatitmattaA | هـِي َ هـَتـِتمـَتّـَع |
They will enjoy | humma hayitmattaAuhumma hayitmattaAoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتمـَتّـَعوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) enjoy! | 'itmattaAiictmattaA | إتمـَتّـَع |
You(f) enjoy! | 'itmattaAiiictmattaAy | إتمـَتّـَعي |
You(pl) enjoy! | 'itmattaAuiictmattaAoo | إتمـَتّـَعوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
English | Egyptian |
He/it(m) is enjoyed | huwa mutamattaAhuwa mutamattaA | هـُو َ مـُتـَمـَتّـَع |
She/it(f) is enjoyed | hiya mutamattaAahiya mutamattaAaö | هـِي َ مـُتـَمـَتّـَعـَة |
They are enjoyed | humma mutamattaAeenhumma mutamattaAyn | هـُمّ َ مـُتـَمـَتّـَعين |