Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I gave | 'ana 'ideetaacnaa iicdyt | أنا َ إديت |
We gave | 'ihna 'iddeenaiicHnaa iicddynaa | إحنا َ إدّينا |
You(m) gave | 'inta 'iddeetiicnta iicddyt | إنت َ إدّيت |
You(f) gave | 'inti 'iddeetiiicnti iicddyty | إنت ِ إدّيتي |
You(pl) gave | 'intu 'iddeetuiicntoo iicddytoo | إنتوا إدّيتوا |
He/it(m) gave | huwa 'iddahuwa iicddY | هـُو َ إدّى |
She/it(f) gave | hiya 'iddeethiya iicddyt | هـِي َ إدّيت |
They gave | humma 'idduhumma iicddoo | هـُمّ َ إدّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might give | 'ana yimkin addiaacnaa yimkin aaddy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ا َدّي |
We might give | 'ihna yimkin niddiiicHnaa yimkin niddy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِدّي |
You(m) might give | 'inta yimkin tiddiiicnta yimkin tiddy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِدّي |
You(f) might give | 'inti yimkin tiddiiicnti yimkin tiddy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِدّي |
You(pl) might give | 'intu yimkin tidduiicntoo yimkin tiddoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِدّوا |
He/it(m) might give | huwa yimkin yiddihuwa yimkin yiddy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِدّي |
She/it(f) might give | hiya yimkin tiddihiya yimkin tiddy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِدّي |
They might give | humma yimkin yidduhumma yimkin yiddoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِدّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I give | 'ana baddiaacnaa baddy | أنا َ بـَدّي |
We give | 'ihna biniddiiicHnaa biniddy | إحنا َ بـِنـِدّي |
You(m) give | 'inta bitiddiiicnta bitiddy | إنت َ بـِتـِدّي |
You(f) give | 'inti bitiddiiicnti bitiddy | إنت ِ بـِتـِدّي |
You(pl) give | 'intu bitidduiicntoo bitiddoo | إنتوا بـِتـِدّوا |
He/it(m) gives | huwa biyiddihuwa biyiddy | هـُو َ بـِيـِدّي |
She/it(f) gives | hiya bitiddihiya bitiddy | هـِي َ بـِتـِدّي |
They give | humma biyidduhumma biyiddoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِدّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will give | 'ana haddiaacnaa haddy | أنا َ هـَدّي |
We will give | 'ihna haniddiiicHnaa haniddy | إحنا َ هـَنـِدّي |
You(m) will give | 'inta hatiddiiicnta hatiddy | إنت َ هـَتـِدّي |
You(f) will give | 'inti hatiddiiicnti hatiddy | إنت ِ هـَتـِدّي |
You(pl) will give | 'intu hatidduiicntoo hatiddoo | إنتوا هـَتـِدّوا |
He/it(m) will give | huwa hayiddihuwa hayiddy | هـُو َ هـَيـِدّي |
She/it(f) will give | hiya hatiddihiya hatiddy | هـِي َ هـَتـِدّي |
They will give | humma hayidduhumma hayiddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِدّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) give! | 'iddiiicddy | إدّي |
You(f) give! | 'idditiicddit | إدّ ِت |
You(pl) give! | 'idduiicddoo | إدّوا |