Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I fried | 'ana 'aleetaacnaa qalyt | أنا َ قـَليت |
| We fried | 'ihna 'aleenaiicHnaa qalynaa | إحنا َ قـَلينا |
| You(m) fried | 'inta 'aleetiicnta qalyt | إنت َ قـَليت |
| You(f) fried | 'inti 'aleetiiicnti qalyty | إنت ِ قـَليتي |
| You(pl) fried | 'intu 'aleetuiicntoo qalytoo | إنتوا قـَليتوا |
| He/it(m) fried | huwa 'alahuwa qalY | هـُو َ قـَلى |
| She/it(f) fried | hiya 'alyithiya qalyit | هـِي َ قـَليـِت |
| They fried | humma 'aluhumma qaloo | هـُمّ َ قـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might fry | 'ana yimkin 'a'liaacnaa yimkin aacqly | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقلي |
| We might fry | 'ihna yimkin ni'liiicHnaa yimkin niqly | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقلي |
| You(m) might fry | 'inta yimkin ti'liiicnta yimkin tiqly | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقلي |
| You(f) might fry | 'inti yimkin ti'liiicnti yimkin tiqly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقلي |
| You(pl) might fry | 'intu yimkin ti'luiicntoo yimkin tiqloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقلوا |
| He/it(m) might fry | huwa yimkin yi'lihuwa yimkin yiqly | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقلي |
| She/it(f) might fry | hiya yimkin ti'lihiya yimkin tiqly | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقلي |
| They might fry | humma yimkin yi'luhumma yimkin yiqloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I fry | 'ana ba'liaacnaa baqly | أنا َ بـَقلي |
| We fry | 'ihna bini'liiicHnaa biniqly | إحنا َ بـِنـِقلي |
| You(m) fry | 'inta biti'liiicnta bitiqly | إنت َ بـِتـِقلي |
| You(f) fry | 'inti biti'liiicnti bitiqly | إنت ِ بـِتـِقلي |
| You(pl) fry | 'intu biti'luiicntoo bitiqloo | إنتوا بـِتـِقلوا |
| He/it(m) frys | huwa biyi'lihuwa biyiqly | هـُو َ بـِيـِقلي |
| She/it(f) frys | hiya biti'lihiya bitiqly | هـِي َ بـِتـِقلي |
| They fry | humma biyi'luhumma biyiqloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will fry | 'ana ha'liaacnaa haqly | أنا َ هـَقلي |
| We will fry | 'ihna hani'liiicHnaa haniqly | إحنا َ هـَنـِقلي |
| You(m) will fry | 'inta hati'liiicnta hatiqly | إنت َ هـَتـِقلي |
| You(f) will fry | 'inti hati'liiicnti hatiqly | إنت ِ هـَتـِقلي |
| You(pl) will fry | 'intu hati'luiicntoo hatiqloo | إنتوا هـَتـِقلوا |
| He/it(m) will fry | huwa hayi'lihuwa hayiqly | هـُو َ هـَيـِقلي |
| She/it(f) will fry | hiya hati'lihiya hatiqly | هـِي َ هـَتـِقلي |
| They will fry | humma hayi'luhumma hayiqloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) fry! | 'i'liiicqly | إقلي |
| You(f) fry! | 'i'liiicqly | إقلي |
| You(pl) fry! | 'i'luiicqloo | إقلوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is fried | huwa ma'lihuwa maqly | هـُو َ مـَقلي |
| She/it(f) is fried | hiya ma'lyahiya maqlyaö | هـِي َ مـَقليـَة |
| They are fried | humma ma'lyeenhumma maqlyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَقليين |
