Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I folded | 'ana tabba'taacnaa Tabbaqt | أنا َ طـَبّـَقت |
| We folded | 'ihna tabba'naiicHnaa Tabbaqnaa | إحنا َ طـَبّـَقنا |
| You(m) folded | 'inta tabba'tiicnta Tabbaqt | إنت َ طـَبّـَقت |
| You(f) folded | 'inti tabba'tiiicnti Tabbaqty | إنت ِ طـَبّـَقتي |
| You(pl) folded | 'intu tabba'tuiicntoo Tabbaqtoo | إنتوا طـَبّـَقتوا |
| He/it(m) folded | huwa tabba'huwa Tabbaq | هـُو َ طـَبّـَق |
| She/it(f) folded | hiya tabba'ithiya Tabbaqit | هـِي َ طـَبّـَقـِت |
| They folded | humma tabba'uhumma Tabbaqoo | هـُمّ َ طـَبّـَقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might fold | 'ana yimkin 'atabba'aacnaa yimkin aacTabbaq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أطـَبّـَق |
| We might fold | 'ihna yimkin nitabba'iicHnaa yimkin niTabbaq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(m) might fold | 'inta yimkin titabba'iicnta yimkin tiTabbaq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(f) might fold | 'inti yimkin titabba'iiicnti yimkin tiTabbaqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِطـَبّـَقي |
| You(pl) might fold | 'intu yimkin titabba'uiicntoo yimkin tiTabbaqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِطـَبّـَقوا |
| He/it(m) might fold | huwa yimkin yitabba'huwa yimkin yiTabbaq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِطـَبّـَق |
| She/it(f) might fold | hiya yimkin titabba'hiya yimkin tiTabbaq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِطـَبّـَق |
| They might fold | humma yimkin yitabba'uhumma yimkin yiTabbaqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِطـَبّـَقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I fold | 'ana batabba'aacnaa baTabbaq | أنا َ بـَطـَبّـَق |
| We fold | 'ihna binitabba'iicHnaa biniTabbaq | إحنا َ بـِنـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(m) fold | 'inta bititabba'iicnta bitiTabbaq | إنت َ بـِتـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(f) fold | 'inti bititabba'iiicnti bitiTabbaqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِطـَبّـَقي |
| You(pl) fold | 'intu bititabba'uiicntoo bitiTabbaqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِطـَبّـَقوا |
| He/it(m) folds | huwa biyitabba'huwa biyiTabbaq | هـُو َ بـِيـِطـَبّـَق |
| She/it(f) folds | hiya bititabba'hiya bitiTabbaq | هـِي َ بـِتـِطـَبّـَق |
| They fold | humma biyitabba'uhumma biyiTabbaqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِطـَبّـَقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will fold | 'ana hatabba'aacnaa haTabbaq | أنا َ هـَطـَبّـَق |
| We will fold | 'ihna hanitabba'iicHnaa haniTabbaq | إحنا َ هـَنـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(m) will fold | 'inta hatitabba'iicnta hatiTabbaq | إنت َ هـَتـِطـَبّـَق |
| You(f) will fold | 'inti hatitabba'iiicnti hatiTabbaqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِطـَبّـَقي |
| You(pl) will fold | 'intu hatitabba'uiicntoo hatiTabbaqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِطـَبّـَقوا |
| He/it(m) will fold | huwa hayitabba'huwa hayiTabbaq | هـُو َ هـَيـِطـَبّـَق |
| She/it(f) will fold | hiya hatitabba'hiya hatiTabbaq | هـِي َ هـَتـِطـَبّـَق |
| They will fold | humma hayitabba'uhumma hayiTabbaqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِطـَبّـَقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) fold! | 'itba'iicTbaq | إطبـَق |
| You(f) fold! | 'itba'iiicTbaqy | إطبـَقي |
| You(pl) fold! | itba'uiTbaqoo | ِطبـَقوا |
