Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I kicked | 'ana rafastaacnaa rafaSt | أنا َ ر َفـَصت |
| We kicked | 'ihna rafasnaiicHnaa rafaSnaa | إحنا َ ر َفـَصنا |
| You(m) kicked | 'inta rafastiicnta rafaSt | إنت َ ر َفـَصت |
| You(f) kicked | 'inti rafastiiicnti rafaSty | إنت ِ ر َفـَصتي |
| You(pl) kicked | 'intu rafastuiicntoo rafaStoo | إنتوا ر َفـَصتوا |
| He/it(m) kicked | huwa rafashuwa rafaS | هـُو َ ر َفـَص |
| She/it(f) kicked | hiya rafasithiya rafaSit | هـِي َ ر َفـَصـِت |
| They kicked | humma rafasuhumma rafaSoo | هـُمّ َ ر َفـَصوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might kick | 'ana yimkin 'arfusaacnaa yimkin aacrfuS | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أرفـُص |
| We might kick | 'ihna yimkin nurfusiicHnaa yimkin nurfuS | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُرفـُص |
| You(m) might kick | 'inta yimkin turfusiicnta yimkin turfuS | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُرفـُص |
| You(f) might kick | 'inti yimkin turfusiiicnti yimkin turfuSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُرفـُصي |
| You(pl) might kick | 'intu yimkin turfusuiicntoo yimkin turfuSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُرفـُصوا |
| He/it(m) might kick | huwa yimkin yurfushuwa yimkin yurfuS | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُرفـُص |
| She/it(f) might kick | hiya yimkin turfushiya yimkin turfuS | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُرفـُص |
| They might kick | humma yimkin yurfusuhumma yimkin yurfuSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُرفـُصوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I kick | 'ana barfusaacnaa barfuS | أنا َ بـَرفـُص |
| We kick | 'ihna binurfusiicHnaa binurfuS | إحنا َ بـِنـُرفـُص |
| You(m) kick | 'inta biturfusiicnta biturfuS | إنت َ بـِتـُرفـُص |
| You(f) kick | 'inti biturfusiiicnti biturfuSy | إنت ِ بـِتـُرفـُصي |
| You(pl) kick | 'intu biturfusuiicntoo biturfuSoo | إنتوا بـِتـُرفـُصوا |
| He/it(m) kicks | huwa biyurfushuwa biyurfuS | هـُو َ بـِيـُرفـُص |
| She/it(f) kicks | hiya biturfushiya biturfuS | هـِي َ بـِتـُرفـُص |
| They kick | humma biyurfusuhumma biyurfuSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُرفـُصوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will kick | 'ana harfusaacnaa harfuS | أنا َ هـَرفـُص |
| We will kick | 'ihna hanurfusiicHnaa hanurfuS | إحنا َ هـَنـُرفـُص |
| You(m) will kick | 'inta haturfusiicnta haturfuS | إنت َ هـَتـُرفـُص |
| You(f) will kick | 'inti haturfusiiicnti haturfuSy | إنت ِ هـَتـُرفـُصي |
| You(pl) will kick | 'intu haturfusuiicntoo haturfuSoo | إنتوا هـَتـُرفـُصوا |
| He/it(m) will kick | huwa hayurfushuwa hayurfuS | هـُو َ هـَيـُرفـُص |
| She/it(f) will kick | hiya haturfushiya haturfuS | هـِي َ هـَتـُرفـُص |
| They will kick | humma hayurfusuhumma hayurfuSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُرفـُصوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) kick! | 'urfusuucrfuS | أ ُرفـُص |
| You(f) kick! | 'urfusiuucrfuSy | أ ُرفـُصي |
| You(pl) kick! | 'urfusuuucrfuSoo | أ ُرفـُصوا |
