Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hurried | 'ana 'istaAgiltaacnaa iicstaAgilt | أنا َ إستـَعجـِلت |
| We hurried | 'ihna 'istaAgilnaiicHnaa iicstaAgilnaa | إحنا َ إستـَعجـِلنا |
| You(m) hurried | 'inta 'istaAgiltiicnta iicstaAgilt | إنت َ إستـَعجـِلت |
| You(f) hurried | 'inti 'istaAgiltiiicnti iicstaAgilty | إنت ِ إستـَعجـِلتي |
| You(pl) hurried | 'intu 'istaAgiltuiicntoo iicstaAgiltoo | إنتوا إستـَعجـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) hurried | huwa 'istaAgilhuwa iicstaAgil | هـُو َ إستـَعجـِل |
| She/it(f) hurried | hiya 'istaAgilithiya iicstaAgilit | هـِي َ إستـَعجـِلـِت |
| They hurried | humma 'istaAgiluhumma iicstaAgiloo | هـُمّ َ إستـَعجـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hurry | 'ana yimkin 'astaAgilaacnaa yimkin aacstaAgil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَعجـِل |
| We might hurry | 'ihna yimkin nistaAgiliicHnaa yimkin nistaAgil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(m) might hurry | 'inta yimkin tistaAgiliicnta yimkin tistaAgil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(f) might hurry | 'inti yimkin titsaAgiliiicnti yimkin titsaAgily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَعجـِلي |
| You(pl) might hurry | 'intu yimkin titsaAgiluiicntoo yimkin titsaAgiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَعجـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might hurry | huwa yimkin yistaAgilhuwa yimkin yistaAgil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعجـِل |
| She/it(f) might hurry | hiya yimkin tistaAgilhiya yimkin tistaAgil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَعجـِل |
| They might hurry | humma yimkin yistaAgiluhumma yimkin yistaAgiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَعجـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hurry | 'ana bastaAgilaacnaa bastaAgil | أنا َ بـَستـَعجـِل |
| We hurry | 'ihna binistaAgiliicHnaa binistaAgil | إحنا َ بـِنـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(m) hurry | 'inta bitistaAgiliicnta bitistaAgil | إنت َ بـِتـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(f) hurry | 'inti bitisiAgiliiicnti bitisiAgily | إنت ِ بـِتـِسـِعجـِلي |
| You(pl) hurry | 'intu bitistaAgiluiicntoo bitistaAgiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِستـَعجـِلوا |
| He/it(m) hurrys | huwa biyistaAgilhuwa biyistaAgil | هـُو َ بـِيـِستـَعجـِل |
| She/it(f) hurrys | hiya bitistaAgilhiya bitistaAgil | هـِي َ بـِتـِستـَعجـِل |
| They hurry | humma biyistaAgiluhumma biyistaAgiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِستـَعجـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hurry | 'ana hastaAgilaacnaa hastaAgil | أنا َ هـَستـَعجـِل |
| We will hurry | 'ihna hanistaAgiliicHnaa hanistaAgil | إحنا َ هـَنـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(m) will hurry | 'inta hatistaAgiliicnta hatistaAgil | إنت َ هـَتـِستـَعجـِل |
| You(f) will hurry | 'inti hatistaAgiliiicnti hatistaAgily | إنت ِ هـَتـِستـَعجـِلي |
| You(pl) will hurry | 'intu hatistaAgiluiicntoo hatistaAgiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِستـَعجـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will hurry | huwa hayistaAgilhuwa hayistaAgil | هـُو َ هـَيـِستـَعجـِل |
| She/it(f) will hurry | hiya hatistaAgilhiya hatistaAgil | هـِي َ هـَتـِستـَعجـِل |
| They will hurry | humma hayistaAgiluhumma hayistaAgiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِستـَعجـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hurry! | 'istaAgiliicstaAgil | إستـَعجـِل |
| You(f) hurry! | 'istaAgiliiicstaAgily | إستـَعجـِلي |
| You(pl) hurry! | 'istaAgiluiicstaAgiloo | إستـَعجـِلوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is hurried | huwa mistaAgilhuwa mistaAgil | هـُو َ مـِستـَعجـِل |
| She/it(f) is hurried | hiya mistaAgilahiya mistaAgilaö | هـِي َ مـِستـَعجـِلـَة |
| They are hurried | humma mistaAgileenhumma mistaAgilyn | هـُمّ َ مـِستـَعجـِلين |
