Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I examined | 'ana 'imtahantaacnaa iicmtaHant | أنا َ إمتـَحـَنت |
| We examined | 'ihna 'imtahannaiicHnaa iicmtaHannaa | إحنا َ إمتـَحـَنّا |
| You(m) examined | 'inta 'imtahantiicnta iicmtaHant | إنت َ إمتـَحـَنت |
| You(f) examined | 'inti 'imtahantiiicnti iicmtaHanty | إنت ِ إمتـَحـَنتي |
| You(pl) examined | 'intu 'imtahantuiicntoo iicmtaHantoo | إنتوا إمتـَحـَنتوا |
| He/it(m) examined | huwa 'imtahanhuwa iicmtaHan | هـُو َ إمتـَحـَن |
| She/it(f) examined | hiya 'imtahanithiya iicmtaHanit | هـِي َ إمتـَحـَنـِت |
| They examined | humma 'imtahanuhumma iicmtaHanoo | هـُمّ َ إمتـَحـَنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might examine | 'ana yimkin 'amtihinaacnaa yimkin aacmtiHin | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمتـِحـِن |
| We might examine | 'ihna yimkin nimtihiniicHnaa yimkin nimtiHin | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(m) might examine | 'inta yimkin timtihiniicnta yimkin timtiHin | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(f) might examine | 'inti yimkin timtihniiicnti yimkin timtiHny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـِحني |
| You(pl) might examine | 'intu yimkin timtihnuiicntoo yimkin timtiHnoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمتـِحنوا |
| He/it(m) might examine | huwa yimkin yimtihinhuwa yimkin yimtiHin | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتـِحـِن |
| She/it(f) might examine | hiya yimkin timtihinhiya yimkin timtiHin | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتـِحـِن |
| They might examine | humma yimkin yimtihnuhumma yimkin yimtiHnoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتـِحنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I examine | 'ana bamtihinaacnaa bamtiHin | أنا َ بـَمتـِحـِن |
| We examine | 'ihna binimtihiniicHnaa binimtiHin | إحنا َ بـِنـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(m) examine | 'inta bitimtihiniicnta bitimtiHin | إنت َ بـِتـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(f) examine | 'inti bitimtihniiicnti bitimtiHny | إنت ِ بـِتـِمتـِحني |
| You(pl) examine | 'intu bitimtihnuiicntoo bitimtiHnoo | إنتوا بـِتـِمتـِحنوا |
| He/it(m) examines | huwa biyimtihinhuwa biyimtiHin | هـُو َ بـِيـِمتـِحـِن |
| She/it(f) examines | hiya bitimtihinhiya bitimtiHin | هـِي َ بـِتـِمتـِحـِن |
| They examine | humma biyimtihnuhumma biyimtiHnoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمتـِحنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will examine | 'ana hamtihinaacnaa hamtiHin | أنا َ هـَمتـِحـِن |
| We will examine | 'ihna hanimtihiniicHnaa hanimtiHin | إحنا َ هـَنـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(m) will examine | 'inta hatimtihiniicnta hatimtiHin | إنت َ هـَتـِمتـِحـِن |
| You(f) will examine | 'inti hatimtihniiicnti hatimtiHny | إنت ِ هـَتـِمتـِحني |
| You(pl) will examine | 'intu hatimtihnuiicntoo hatimtiHnoo | إنتوا هـَتـِمتـِحنوا |
| He/it(m) will examine | huwa hayimtihinhuwa hayimtiHin | هـُو َ هـَيـِمتـِحـِن |
| She/it(f) will examine | hiya hatimtihinhiya hatimtiHin | هـِي َ هـَتـِمتـِحـِن |
| They will examine | humma hayimtihnuhumma hayimtiHnoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمتـِحنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) examine! | 'imtihiniicmtiHin | إمتـِحـِن |
| You(f) examine! | 'imtihiniiicmtiHiny | إمتـِحـِني |
| You(pl) examine! | 'imtihinuiicmtiHinoo | إمتـِحـِنوا |
