Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I went | 'ana 'itfassahtaacnaa iictfassaHt | أنا َ إتفـَسّـَحت |
| We went | 'ihna 'itfassahnaiicHnaa iictfassaHnaa | إحنا َ إتفـَسّـَحنا |
| You(m) went | 'inta 'itfassahtiicnta iictfassaHt | إنت َ إتفـَسّـَحت |
| You(f) went | 'inti 'itfassahtiiicnti iictfassaHty | إنت ِ إتفـَسّـَحتي |
| You(pl) went | 'intu 'itfassahtuiicntoo iictfassaHtoo | إنتوا إتفـَسّـَحتوا |
| He/it(m) went | huwa 'itfassahhuwa iictfassaH | هـُو َ إتفـَسّـَح |
| She/it(f) went | hiya 'itfassahithiya iictfassaHit | هـِي َ إتفـَسّـَحـِت |
| They went | humma 'itfassahuhumma iictfassaHoo | هـُمّ َ إتفـَسّـَحوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might go | 'ana yimkin 'atfassahaacnaa yimkin aactfassaH | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتفـَسّـَح |
| We might go | 'ihna yimkin nitfassahiicHnaa yimkin nitfassaH | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(m) might go | 'inta yimkin titfassahiicnta yimkin titfassaH | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(f) might go | 'inti yimkin titfassahiiicnti yimkin titfassaHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتفـَسّـَحي |
| You(pl) might go | 'intu yimkin titfassahuiicntoo yimkin titfassaHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) might go | huwa yimkin yitfassahhuwa yimkin yitfassaH | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتفـَسّـَح |
| She/it(f) might go | hiya yimkin titfassahhiya yimkin titfassaH | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتفـَسّـَح |
| They might go | humma yimkin yitfassahuhumma yimkin yitfassaHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I go | 'ana batfassahaacnaa batfassaH | أنا َ بـَتفـَسّـَح |
| We go | 'ihna binitfassahiicHnaa binitfassaH | إحنا َ بـِنـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(m) go | 'inta bititfassahiicnta bititfassaH | إنت َ بـِتـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(f) go | 'inti bititfassahiiicnti bititfassaHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتفـَسّـَحي |
| You(pl) go | 'intu bititfassahuiicntoo bititfassaHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) goes | huwa biyitfassahhuwa biyitfassaH | هـُو َ بـِيـِتفـَسّـَح |
| She/it(f) goes | hiya bititfassahhiya bititfassaH | هـِي َ بـِتـِتفـَسّـَح |
| They go | humma biyitfassahuhumma biyitfassaHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will go | 'ana hatfassahaacnaa hatfassaH | أنا َ هـَتفـَسّـَح |
| We will go | 'ihna hanitfassahiicHnaa hanitfassaH | إحنا َ هـَنـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(m) will go | 'inta hatitfassahiicnta hatitfassaH | إنت َ هـَتـِتفـَسّـَح |
| You(f) will go | 'inti hatitfassahiiicnti hatitfassaHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتفـَسّـَحي |
| You(pl) will go | 'intu hatitfassahuiicntoo hatitfassaHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) will go | huwa hayitfassahhuwa hayitfassaH | هـُو َ هـَيـِتفـَسّـَح |
| She/it(f) will go | hiya hatitfassahhiya hatitfassaH | هـِي َ هـَتـِتفـَسّـَح |
| They will go | humma hayitfassahuhumma hayitfassaHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتفـَسّـَحوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) go! | 'itfassahiictfassaH | إتفـَسّـَح |
| You(f) go! | 'itfassahiiictfassaHy | إتفـَسّـَحي |
| You(pl) go! | 'itfassahuiictfassaHoo | إتفـَسّـَحوا |
