Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I kept | 'ana kammiltaacnaa kammilt | أنا َ كـَمّـِلت |
| We kept | 'ihna kammilnaiicHnaa kammilnaa | إحنا َ كـَمّـِلنا |
| You(m) kept | 'inta kammiltiicnta kammilt | إنت َ كـَمّـِلت |
| You(f) kept | 'inti kammiltiiicnti kammilty | إنت ِ كـَمّـِلتي |
| You(pl) kept | 'intu kammiltuiicntoo kammiltoo | إنتوا كـَمّـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) kept | huwa kammilhuwa kammil | هـُو َ كـَمّـِل |
| She/it(f) kept | hiya kammilithiya kammilit | هـِي َ كـَمّـِلـِت |
| They kept | humma kammiluhumma kammiloo | هـُمّ َ كـَمّـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might keep | 'ana yimkin 'akammilaacnaa yimkin aackammil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكـَمّـِل |
| We might keep | 'ihna yimkin nikammiliicHnaa yimkin nikammil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكـَمّـِل |
| You(m) might keep | 'inta yimkin tikammiliicnta yimkin tikammil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَمّـِل |
| You(f) might keep | 'inti yimkin tikammiliiicnti yimkin tikammily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَمّـِلي |
| You(pl) might keep | 'intu yimkin tikammiluiicntoo yimkin tikammiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكـَمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might keep | huwa yimkin yikammilhuwa yimkin yikammil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَمّـِل |
| She/it(f) might keep | hiya yimkin tikammilhiya yimkin tikammil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَمّـِل |
| They might keep | humma yimkin yikammiluhumma yimkin yikammiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَمّـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I keep | 'ana bakammilaacnaa bakammil | أنا َ بـَكـَمّـِل |
| We keep | 'ihna binkammiliicHnaa binkammil | إحنا َ بـِنكـَمّـِل |
| You(m) keep | 'inta bitkammiliicnta bitkammil | إنت َ بـِتكـَمّـِل |
| You(f) keep | 'inti bitkammiliiicnti bitkammily | إنت ِ بـِتكـَمّـِلي |
| You(pl) keep | 'intu bitkammiluiicntoo bitkammiloo | إنتوا بـِتكـَمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) keeps | huwa biyikammilhuwa biyikammil | هـُو َ بـِيـِكـَمّـِل |
| She/it(f) keeps | hiya bitkammilhiya bitkammil | هـِي َ بـِتكـَمّـِل |
| They keep | humma biyikammiluhumma biyikammiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكـَمّـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will keep | 'ana hakammilaacnaa hakammil | أنا َ هـَكـَمّـِل |
| We will keep | 'ihna hankammiliicHnaa hankammil | إحنا َ هـَنكـَمّـِل |
| You(m) will keep | 'inta hatkammiliicnta hatkammil | إنت َ هـَتكـَمّـِل |
| You(f) will keep | 'inti hatkammiliiicnti hatkammily | إنت ِ هـَتكـَمّـِلي |
| You(pl) will keep | 'intu hatkammiluiicntoo hatkammiloo | إنتوا هـَتكـَمّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will keep | huwa hayikammilhuwa hayikammil | هـُو َ هـَيـِكـَمّـِل |
| She/it(f) will keep | hiya hatkammilhiya hatkammil | هـِي َ هـَتكـَمّـِل |
| They will keep | humma hayikammiluhumma hayikammiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكـَمّـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) keep! | kammilkammil | كـَمّـِل |
| You(f) keep! | kammilikammily | كـَمّـِلي |
| You(pl) keep! | kammilukammiloo | كـَمّـِلوا |
