Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I joked | 'ana hazzartaacnaa hazzart | أنا َ هـَزّ َرت |
| We joked | 'ihna hazzarnaiicHnaa hazzarnaa | إحنا َ هـَزّ َرنا |
| You(m) joked | 'inta hazzartiicnta hazzart | إنت َ هـَزّ َرت |
| You(f) joked | 'inti hazzartiiicnti hazzarty | إنت ِ هـَزّ َرتي |
| You(pl) joked | 'intu hazzartuiicntoo hazzartoo | إنتوا هـَزّ َرتوا |
| He/it(m) joked | huwa hazzarhuwa hazzar | هـُو َ هـَزّ َر |
| She/it(f) joked | hiya hazzarithiya hazzarit | هـِي َ هـَزّ َر ِت |
| They joked | humma hazzaruhumma hazzaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَزّ َروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might joke | 'ana yimkin 'ahazzaraacnaa yimkin aachazzar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـَزّ َر |
| We might joke | 'ihna yimkin nihazzariicHnaa yimkin nihazzar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(m) might joke | 'inta yimkin tihazzariicnta yimkin tihazzar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(f) might joke | 'inti yimkin tihazzariiicnti yimkin tihazzary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَزّ َري |
| You(pl) might joke | 'intu yimkin tihazzaruiicntoo yimkin tihazzaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـَزّ َروا |
| He/it(m) might joke | huwa yimkin yihazzarhuwa yimkin yihazzar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَزّ َر |
| She/it(f) might joke | hiya yimkin tihazzarhiya yimkin tihazzar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَزّ َر |
| They might joke | humma yimkin yihazzaruhumma yimkin yihazzaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَزّ َروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I joke | 'ana bahazzaraacnaa bahazzar | أنا َ بـَهـَزّ َر |
| We joke | 'ihna binihazzariicHnaa binihazzar | إحنا َ بـِنـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(m) joke | 'inta bitihazzariicnta bitihazzar | إنت َ بـِتـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(f) joke | 'inti bitihazzariiicnti bitihazzary | إنت ِ بـِتـِهـَزّ َري |
| You(pl) joke | 'intu bitihazzaruiicntoo bitihazzaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِهـَزّ َروا |
| He/it(m) jokes | huwa biyihazzarhuwa biyihazzar | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـَزّ َر |
| She/it(f) jokes | hiya bitihazzarhiya bitihazzar | هـِي َ بـِتـِهـَزّ َر |
| They joke | humma biyihazzaruhumma biyihazzaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـَزّ َروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will joke | 'ana hahazzaraacnaa hahazzar | أنا َ هـَهـَزّ َر |
| We will joke | 'ihna hanihazzariicHnaa hanihazzar | إحنا َ هـَنـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(m) will joke | 'inta hatihazzariicnta hatihazzar | إنت َ هـَتـِهـَزّ َر |
| You(f) will joke | 'inti hatihazzariiicnti hatihazzary | إنت ِ هـَتـِهـَزّ َري |
| You(pl) will joke | 'intu hatihazzaruiicntoo hatihazzaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِهـَزّ َروا |
| He/it(m) will joke | huwa hayihazzarhuwa hayihazzar | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـَزّ َر |
| She/it(f) will joke | hiya hatihazzarhiya hatihazzar | هـِي َ هـَتـِهـَزّ َر |
| They will joke | humma hayihazzaruhumma hayihazzaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـَزّ َروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) joke! | 'ihzariichzar | إهز َر |
| You(f) joke! | 'ihzariiichzary | إهز َري |
| You(pl) joke! | ihzaruihzaroo | ِهز َروا |
