Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I estimated | 'ana 'addartaacnaa qaddart | أنا َ قـَدّ َرت |
| We estimated | 'ihna 'addarnaiicHnaa qaddarnaa | إحنا َ قـَدّ َرنا |
| You(m) estimated | 'inta 'addartiicnta qaddart | إنت َ قـَدّ َرت |
| You(f) estimated | 'inti 'addartiiicnti qaddarty | إنت ِ قـَدّ َرتي |
| You(pl) estimated | 'intu 'addartuiicntoo qaddartoo | إنتوا قـَدّ َرتوا |
| He/it(m) estimated | huwa 'addarhuwa qaddar | هـُو َ قـَدّ َر |
| She/it(f) estimated | hiya 'addarithiya qaddarit | هـِي َ قـَدّ َر ِت |
| They estimated | humma 'addaruhumma qaddaroo | هـُمّ َ قـَدّ َروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might estimate | 'ana yimkin 'a'addaraacnaa yimkin aacqaddar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَدّ َر |
| We might estimate | 'ihna yimkin ni'addariicHnaa yimkin niqaddar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(m) might estimate | 'inta yimkin ti'addariicnta yimkin tiqaddar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(f) might estimate | 'inti yimkin ti'addariiicnti yimkin tiqaddary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ َري |
| You(pl) might estimate | 'intu yimkin ti'addaruiicntoo yimkin tiqaddaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ َروا |
| He/it(m) might estimate | huwa yimkin yi'addarhuwa yimkin yiqaddar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَدّ َر |
| She/it(f) might estimate | hiya yimkin ti'addarhiya yimkin tiqaddar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ َر |
| They might estimate | humma yimkin yi'addaruhumma yimkin yiqaddaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَدّ َروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I estimate | 'ana ba'addaraacnaa baqaddar | أنا َ بـَقـَدّ َر |
| We estimate | 'ihna bini'addariicHnaa biniqaddar | إحنا َ بـِنـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(m) estimate | 'inta biti'addariicnta bitiqaddar | إنت َ بـِتـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(f) estimate | 'inti biti'addariiicnti bitiqaddary | إنت ِ بـِتـِقـَدّ َري |
| You(pl) estimate | 'intu biti'addaruiicntoo bitiqaddaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِقـَدّ َروا |
| He/it(m) estimates | huwa biyi'addarhuwa biyiqaddar | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَدّ َر |
| She/it(f) estimates | hiya biti'addarhiya bitiqaddar | هـِي َ بـِتـِقـَدّ َر |
| They estimate | humma biyi'addaruhumma biyiqaddaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَدّ َروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will estimate | 'ana ha'addaraacnaa haqaddar | أنا َ هـَقـَدّ َر |
| We will estimate | 'ihna hani'addariicHnaa haniqaddar | إحنا َ هـَنـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(m) will estimate | 'inta hati'addariicnta hatiqaddar | إنت َ هـَتـِقـَدّ َر |
| You(f) will estimate | 'inti hati'addariiicnti hatiqaddary | إنت ِ هـَتـِقـَدّ َري |
| You(pl) will estimate | 'intu hati'addaruiicntoo hatiqaddaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِقـَدّ َروا |
| He/it(m) will estimate | huwa hayi'addarhuwa hayiqaddar | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَدّ َر |
| She/it(f) will estimate | hiya hati'addarhiya hatiqaddar | هـِي َ هـَتـِقـَدّ َر |
| They will estimate | humma hayi'addaruhumma hayiqaddaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَدّ َروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) estimate! | 'i'dariicqdar | إقد َر |
| You(f) estimate! | 'i'dariiicqdary | إقد َري |
| You(pl) estimate! | i'daruiqdaroo | ِقد َروا |
