Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hinted | 'ana lammahtaacnaa lammaHt | أنا َ لـَمّـَحت |
| We hinted | 'ihna lammahnaiicHnaa lammaHnaa | إحنا َ لـَمّـَحنا |
| You(m) hinted | 'inta lammahtiicnta lammaHt | إنت َ لـَمّـَحت |
| You(f) hinted | 'inti lammahtiiicnti lammaHty | إنت ِ لـَمّـَحتي |
| You(pl) hinted | 'intu lammahtuiicntoo lammaHtoo | إنتوا لـَمّـَحتوا |
| He/it(m) hinted | huwa lammahhuwa lammaH | هـُو َ لـَمّـَح |
| She/it(f) hinted | hiya lammahithiya lammaHit | هـِي َ لـَمّـَحـِت |
| They hinted | humma lammahuhumma lammaHoo | هـُمّ َ لـَمّـَحوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hint | 'ana yimkin 'alammahaacnaa yimkin aaclammaH | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـَمّـَح |
| We might hint | 'ihna yimkin nilammahiicHnaa yimkin nilammaH | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(m) might hint | 'inta yimkin tilammahiicnta yimkin tilammaH | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(f) might hint | 'inti yimkin tilammahiiicnti yimkin tilammaHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَمّـَحي |
| You(pl) might hint | 'intu yimkin tilammahuiicntoo yimkin tilammaHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـَمّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) might hint | huwa yimkin yilammahhuwa yimkin yilammaH | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَمّـَح |
| She/it(f) might hint | hiya yimkin tilammahhiya yimkin tilammaH | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَمّـَح |
| They might hint | humma yimkin yilammahuhumma yimkin yilammaHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَمّـَحوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hint | 'ana balammahaacnaa balammaH | أنا َ بـَلـَمّـَح |
| We hint | 'ihna binilammahiicHnaa binilammaH | إحنا َ بـِنـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(m) hint | 'inta bitilammahiicnta bitilammaH | إنت َ بـِتـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(f) hint | 'inti bitilammahiiicnti bitilammaHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِلـَمّـَحي |
| You(pl) hint | 'intu bitilammahuiicntoo bitilammaHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِلـَمّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) hints | huwa biyilammahhuwa biyilammaH | هـُو َ بـِيـِلـَمّـَح |
| She/it(f) hints | hiya bitilammahhiya bitilammaH | هـِي َ بـِتـِلـَمّـَح |
| They hint | humma biyilammahuhumma biyilammaHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـَمّـَحوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hint | 'ana halammahaacnaa halammaH | أنا َ هـَلـَمّـَح |
| We will hint | 'ihna hanilammahiicHnaa hanilammaH | إحنا َ هـَنـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(m) will hint | 'inta hatilammahiicnta hatilammaH | إنت َ هـَتـِلـَمّـَح |
| You(f) will hint | 'inti hatilammahiiicnti hatilammaHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِلـَمّـَحي |
| You(pl) will hint | 'intu hatilammahuiicntoo hatilammaHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِلـَمّـَحوا |
| He/it(m) will hint | huwa hayilammahhuwa hayilammaH | هـُو َ هـَيـِلـَمّـَح |
| She/it(f) will hint | hiya hatilammahhiya hatilammaH | هـِي َ هـَتـِلـَمّـَح |
| They will hint | humma hayilammahuhumma hayilammaHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـَمّـَحوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hint! | 'ilmahiiclmaH | إلمـَح |
| You(f) hint! | 'ilmahiiiclmaHy | إلمـَحي |
| You(pl) hint! | ilmahuilmaHoo | ِلمـَحوا |
