Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I failed | 'ana fashaltaacnaa fashalt | أنا َ فـَشـَلت |
| We failed | 'ihna fashalnaiicHnaa fashalnaa | إحنا َ فـَشـَلنا |
| You(m) failed | 'inta fashaltiicnta fashalt | إنت َ فـَشـَلت |
| You(f) failed | 'inti fashaltiiicnti fashalty | إنت ِ فـَشـَلتي |
| You(pl) failed | 'intu fashaltuiicntoo fashaltoo | إنتوا فـَشـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) failed | huwa fashalhuwa fashal | هـُو َ فـَشـَل |
| She/it(f) failed | hiya fashalithiya fashalit | هـِي َ فـَشـَلـِت |
| They failed | humma fashaluhumma fashaloo | هـُمّ َ فـَشـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might fail | 'ana yimkin 'afshalaacnaa yimkin aacfshal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أفشـَل |
| We might fail | 'ihna yimkin nifshaliicHnaa yimkin nifshal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِفشـَل |
| You(m) might fail | 'inta yimkin tifshaliicnta yimkin tifshal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِفشـَل |
| You(f) might fail | 'inti yimkin tifshaliiicnti yimkin tifshaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِفشـَلي |
| You(pl) might fail | 'intu yimkin tifshaluiicntoo yimkin tifshaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِفشـَلوا |
| He/it(m) might fail | huwa yimkin yifshalhuwa yimkin yifshal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِفشـَل |
| She/it(f) might fail | hiya yimkin tifshalhiya yimkin tifshal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِفشـَل |
| They might fail | humma yimkin yifshaluhumma yimkin yifshaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِفشـَلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I fail | 'ana bafshalaacnaa bafshal | أنا َ بـَفشـَل |
| We fail | 'ihna binifshaliicHnaa binifshal | إحنا َ بـِنـِفشـَل |
| You(m) fail | 'inta bitifshaliicnta bitifshal | إنت َ بـِتـِفشـَل |
| You(f) fail | 'inti bitifshaliiicnti bitifshaly | إنت ِ بـِتـِفشـَلي |
| You(pl) fail | 'intu bitifshaluiicntoo bitifshaloo | إنتوا بـِتـِفشـَلوا |
| He/it(m) fails | huwa biyifshalhuwa biyifshal | هـُو َ بـِيـِفشـَل |
| She/it(f) fails | hiya bitifshalhiya bitifshal | هـِي َ بـِتـِفشـَل |
| They fail | humma biyifshaluhumma biyifshaloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِفشـَلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will fail | 'ana hafshalaacnaa hafshal | أنا َ هـَفشـَل |
| We will fail | 'ihna hanifshaliicHnaa hanifshal | إحنا َ هـَنـِفشـَل |
| You(m) will fail | 'inta hatifshaliicnta hatifshal | إنت َ هـَتـِفشـَل |
| You(f) will fail | 'inti hatifshaliiicnti hatifshaly | إنت ِ هـَتـِفشـَلي |
| You(pl) will fail | 'intu hatifshaluiicntoo hatifshaloo | إنتوا هـَتـِفشـَلوا |
| He/it(m) will fail | huwa hayifshalhuwa hayifshal | هـُو َ هـَيـِفشـَل |
| She/it(f) will fail | hiya hatifshalhiya hatifshal | هـِي َ هـَتـِفشـَل |
| They will fail | humma hayifshaluhumma hayifshaloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِفشـَلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) fail! | 'ifshaliicfshal | إفشـَل |
| You(f) fail! | 'ifshaliiicfshaly | إفشـَلي |
| You(pl) fail! | 'ifshaluiicfshaloo | إفشـَلوا |
