Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I let | 'ana challeetaacnaa Kallyt | أنا َ خـَلّيت |
| We let | 'ihna challeenaiicHnaa Kallynaa | إحنا َ خـَلّينا |
| You(m) let | 'inta challeetiicnta Kallyt | إنت َ خـَلّيت |
| You(f) let | 'inti challeetiiicnti Kallyty | إنت ِ خـَلّيتي |
| You(pl) let | 'intu challeetuiicntoo Kallytoo | إنتوا خـَلّيتوا |
| He/it(m) let | huwa challahuwa KallY | هـُو َ خـَلّى |
| She/it(f) let | hiya challithiya Kallit | هـِي َ خـَلّـِت |
| They let | humma challuhumma Kalloo | هـُمّ َ خـَلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might let | 'ana yimkin 'achalliaacnaa yimkin aacKally | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخـَلّي |
| We might let | 'ihna yimkin nichalliiicHnaa yimkin niKally | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخـَلّي |
| You(m) might let | 'inta yimkin tichalliiicnta yimkin tiKally | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي |
| You(f) might let | 'inti yimkin tichalliiicnti yimkin tiKally | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي |
| You(pl) might let | 'intu yimkin tichalluiicntoo yimkin tiKalloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) might let | huwa yimkin yichallihuwa yimkin yiKally | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَلّي |
| She/it(f) might let | hiya yimkin tichallihiya yimkin tiKally | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي |
| They might let | humma yimkin yichalluhumma yimkin yiKalloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I let | 'ana bachalliaacnaa baKally | أنا َ بـَخـَلّي |
| We let | 'ihna binchalliiicHnaa binKally | إحنا َ بـِنخـَلّي |
| You(m) let | 'inta bitchalliiicnta bitKally | إنت َ بـِتخـَلّي |
| You(f) let | 'inti bitchalliiicnti bitKally | إنت ِ بـِتخـَلّي |
| You(pl) let | 'intu bitchalluiicntoo bitKalloo | إنتوا بـِتخـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) lets | huwa biyichallihuwa biyiKally | هـُو َ بـِيـِخـَلّي |
| She/it(f) lets | hiya bitchallihiya bitKally | هـِي َ بـِتخـَلّي |
| They let | humma biyichalluhumma biyiKalloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخـَلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will let | 'ana hachalliaacnaa haKally | أنا َ هـَخـَلّي |
| We will let | 'ihna hanchalliiicHnaa hanKally | إحنا َ هـَنخـَلّي |
| You(m) will let | 'inta hatchalliiicnta hatKally | إنت َ هـَتخـَلّي |
| You(f) will let | 'inti hatchalliiicnti hatKally | إنت ِ هـَتخـَلّي |
| You(pl) will let | 'intu hatchalluiicntoo hatKalloo | إنتوا هـَتخـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) will let | huwa hayichallihuwa hayiKally | هـُو َ هـَيـِخـَلّي |
| She/it(f) will let | hiya hatchallihiya hatKally | هـِي َ هـَتخـَلّي |
| They will let | humma hayichalluhumma hayiKalloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخـَلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) let! | challiKally | خـَلّي |
| You(f) let! | challiKally | خـَلّي |
| You(pl) let! | challuKalloo | خـَلّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is let | huwa machallihuwa maKally | هـُو َ مـَخـَلّي |
| She/it(f) is let | hiya machallyahiya maKallyaö | هـِي َ مـَخـَلّيـَة |
| They are let | humma machallyeenhumma maKallyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَخـَلّيين |
