Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I failed | 'ana si'ittaacnaa siqiTt | أنا َ سـِقـِطت |
| We failed | 'ihna si'itnaiicHnaa siqiTnaa | إحنا َ سـِقـِطنا |
| You(m) failed | 'inta si'ittiicnta siqiTt | إنت َ سـِقـِطت |
| You(f) failed | 'inti si'ittiiicnti siqiTty | إنت ِ سـِقـِطتي |
| You(pl) failed | 'intu si'ittuiicntoo siqiTtoo | إنتوا سـِقـِطتوا |
| He/it(m) failed | huwa si'ithuwa siqiT | هـُو َ سـِقـِط |
| She/it(f) failed | hiya si'tithiya siqTit | هـِي َ سـِقطـِت |
| They failed | humma si'tuhumma siqToo | هـُمّ َ سـِقطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might fail | 'ana yimkin 'as'ataacnaa yimkin aacsqaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسقـَط |
| We might fail | 'ihna yimkin nis'atiicHnaa yimkin nisqaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسقـَط |
| You(m) might fail | 'inta yimkin tis'atiicnta yimkin tisqaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَط |
| You(f) might fail | 'inti yimkin tis'atiiicnti yimkin tisqaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) might fail | 'intu yimkin tis'atuiicntoo yimkin tisqaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might fail | huwa yimkin yis'athuwa yimkin yisqaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) might fail | hiya yimkin tis'athiya yimkin tisqaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَط |
| They might fail | humma yimkin yis'atuhumma yimkin yisqaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I fail | 'ana bas'ataacnaa basqaT | أنا َ بـَسقـَط |
| We fail | 'ihna binis'atiicHnaa binisqaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِسقـَط |
| You(m) fail | 'inta bitis'atiicnta bitisqaT | إنت َ بـِتـِسقـَط |
| You(f) fail | 'inti bitis'atiiicnti bitisqaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) fail | 'intu bitis'atuiicntoo bitisqaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) fails | huwa biyis'athuwa biyisqaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) fails | hiya bitis'athiya bitisqaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِسقـَط |
| They fail | humma biyis'atuhumma biyisqaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسقـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will fail | 'ana has'ataacnaa hasqaT | أنا َ هـَسقـَط |
| We will fail | 'ihna hanis'atiicHnaa hanisqaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِسقـَط |
| You(m) will fail | 'inta hatis'atiicnta hatisqaT | إنت َ هـَتـِسقـَط |
| You(f) will fail | 'inti hatis'atiiicnti hatisqaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) will fail | 'intu hatis'atuiicntoo hatisqaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will fail | huwa hayis'athuwa hayisqaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) will fail | hiya hatis'athiya hatisqaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِسقـَط |
| They will fail | humma hayis'atuhumma hayisqaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسقـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) fail! | 'is'itiicsqiT | إسقـِط |
| You(f) fail! | 'is'itiiicsqiTy | إسقـِطي |
| You(pl) fail! | 'is'ituiicsqiToo | إسقـِطوا |
