Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I inspected | 'ana fattishtaacnaa fattisht | أنا َ فـَتّـِشت |
| We inspected | 'ihna fattishnaiicHnaa fattishnaa | إحنا َ فـَتّـِشنا |
| You(m) inspected | 'inta fattishtiicnta fattisht | إنت َ فـَتّـِشت |
| You(f) inspected | 'inti fattishtiiicnti fattishty | إنت ِ فـَتّـِشتي |
| You(pl) inspected | 'intu fattishtuiicntoo fattishtoo | إنتوا فـَتّـِشتوا |
| He/it(m) inspected | huwa fattishhuwa fattish | هـُو َ فـَتّـِش |
| She/it(f) inspected | hiya fattishithiya fattishit | هـِي َ فـَتّـِشـِت |
| They inspected | humma fattishuhumma fattishoo | هـُمّ َ فـَتّـِشوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might inspect | 'ana yimkin 'afattishaacnaa yimkin aacfattish | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أفـَتّـِش |
| We might inspect | 'ihna yimkin nifattishiicHnaa yimkin nifattish | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِفـَتّـِش |
| You(m) might inspect | 'inta yimkin tifattishiicnta yimkin tifattish | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِفـَتّـِش |
| You(f) might inspect | 'inti yimkin tifattishiiicnti yimkin tifattishy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِفـَتّـِشي |
| You(pl) might inspect | 'intu yimkin tifattishuiicntoo yimkin tifattishoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِفـَتّـِشوا |
| He/it(m) might inspect | huwa yimkin yifattishhuwa yimkin yifattish | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِفـَتّـِش |
| She/it(f) might inspect | hiya yimkin tifattishhiya yimkin tifattish | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِفـَتّـِش |
| They might inspect | humma yimkin yifattishuhumma yimkin yifattishoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِفـَتّـِشوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I inspect | 'ana bafattishaacnaa bafattish | أنا َ بـَفـَتّـِش |
| We inspect | 'ihna binfattishiicHnaa binfattish | إحنا َ بـِنفـَتّـِش |
| You(m) inspect | 'inta bitfattishiicnta bitfattish | إنت َ بـِتفـَتّـِش |
| You(f) inspect | 'inti bitfattishiiicnti bitfattishy | إنت ِ بـِتفـَتّـِشي |
| You(pl) inspect | 'intu bitfattishuiicntoo bitfattishoo | إنتوا بـِتفـَتّـِشوا |
| He/it(m) inspects | huwa biyifattishhuwa biyifattish | هـُو َ بـِيـِفـَتّـِش |
| She/it(f) inspects | hiya bitfattishhiya bitfattish | هـِي َ بـِتفـَتّـِش |
| They inspect | humma biyifattishuhumma biyifattishoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِفـَتّـِشوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will inspect | 'ana hafattishaacnaa hafattish | أنا َ هـَفـَتّـِش |
| We will inspect | 'ihna hanfattishiicHnaa hanfattish | إحنا َ هـَنفـَتّـِش |
| You(m) will inspect | 'inta hatfattishiicnta hatfattish | إنت َ هـَتفـَتّـِش |
| You(f) will inspect | 'inti hatfattishiiicnti hatfattishy | إنت ِ هـَتفـَتّـِشي |
| You(pl) will inspect | 'intu hatfattishuiicntoo hatfattishoo | إنتوا هـَتفـَتّـِشوا |
| He/it(m) will inspect | huwa hayifattishhuwa hayifattish | هـُو َ هـَيـِفـَتّـِش |
| She/it(f) will inspect | hiya hatfattishhiya hatfattish | هـِي َ هـَتفـَتّـِش |
| They will inspect | humma hayifattishuhumma hayifattishoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِفـَتّـِشوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) inspect! | fattishfattish | فـَتّـِش |
| You(f) inspect! | fattishifattishy | فـَتّـِشي |
| You(pl) inspect! | fattishufattishoo | فـَتّـِشوا |
