Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I locked | 'ana sakkeetaacnaa sakkyt | أنا َ سـَكّيت |
| We locked | 'ihna sakkeenaiicHnaa sakkynaa | إحنا َ سـَكّينا |
| You(m) locked | 'inta sakkeetiicnta sakkyt | إنت َ سـَكّيت |
| You(f) locked | 'inti sakkeetiiicnti sakkyty | إنت ِ سـَكّيتي |
| You(pl) locked | 'intu sakkeetuiicntoo sakkytoo | إنتوا سـَكّيتوا |
| He/it(m) locked | huwa sakkhuwa sakk | هـُو َ سـَكّ |
| She/it(f) locked | hiya sakkithiya sakkit | هـِي َ سـَكّـِت |
| They locked | humma sakkuhumma sakkoo | هـُمّ َ سـَكّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might lock | 'ana yimkin 'asukkaacnaa yimkin aacsukk | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسـُكّ |
| We might lock | 'ihna yimkin nisukkiicHnaa yimkin nisukk | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسـُكّ |
| You(m) might lock | 'inta yimkin tisukkiicnta yimkin tisukk | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسـُكّ |
| You(f) might lock | 'inti yimkin tisukkiiicnti yimkin tisukky | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسـُكّي |
| You(pl) might lock | 'intu yimkin tisukkuiicntoo yimkin tisukkoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسـُكّوا |
| He/it(m) might lock | huwa yimkin yisukkhuwa yimkin yisukk | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسـُكّ |
| She/it(f) might lock | hiya yimkin tisukkhiya yimkin tisukk | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسـُكّ |
| They might lock | humma yimkin yisukkuhumma yimkin yisukkoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسـُكّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I lock | 'ana basukkaacnaa basukk | أنا َ بـَسـُكّ |
| We lock | 'ihna binsukkiicHnaa binsukk | إحنا َ بـِنسـُكّ |
| You(m) lock | 'inta bitsukkiicnta bitsukk | إنت َ بـِتسـُكّ |
| You(f) lock | 'inti bitsukkiiicnti bitsukky | إنت ِ بـِتسـُكّي |
| You(pl) lock | 'intu bitsukkuiicntoo bitsukkoo | إنتوا بـِتسـُكّوا |
| He/it(m) locks | huwa biyisukkhuwa biyisukk | هـُو َ بـِيـِسـُكّ |
| She/it(f) locks | hiya bitsukkhiya bitsukk | هـِي َ بـِتسـُكّ |
| They lock | humma biyisukkuhumma biyisukkoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسـُكّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will lock | 'ana hasukkaacnaa hasukk | أنا َ هـَسـُكّ |
| We will lock | 'ihna hansukkiicHnaa hansukk | إحنا َ هـَنسـُكّ |
| You(m) will lock | 'inta hatsukkiicnta hatsukk | إنت َ هـَتسـُكّ |
| You(f) will lock | 'inti hatsukkiiicnti hatsukky | إنت ِ هـَتسـُكّي |
| You(pl) will lock | 'intu hatsukkuiicntoo hatsukkoo | إنتوا هـَتسـُكّوا |
| He/it(m) will lock | huwa hayisukkhuwa hayisukk | هـُو َ هـَيـِسـُكّ |
| She/it(f) will lock | hiya hatsukkhiya hatsukk | هـِي َ هـَتسـُكّ |
| They will lock | humma hayisukkuhumma hayisukkoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسـُكّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) lock! | 'isukkiicsukk | إسـُكّ |
| You(f) lock! | 'isukkiiicsukky | إسـُكّي |
| You(pl) lock! | 'isukkuiicsukkoo | إسـُكّوا |
