Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I looked | 'ana talleetaacnaa Tallyt | أنا َ طـَلّيت |
We looked | 'ihna talleenaiicHnaa Tallynaa | إحنا َ طـَلّينا |
You(m) looked | 'inta talleetiicnta Tallyt | إنت َ طـَلّيت |
You(f) looked | 'inti talleetiiicnti Tallyty | إنت ِ طـَلّيتي |
You(pl) looked | 'intu talleetuiicntoo Tallytoo | إنتوا طـَلّيتوا |
He/it(m) looked | huwa tallhuwa Tall | هـُو َ طـَلّ |
She/it(f) looked | hiya tallithiya Tallit | هـِي َ طـَلّـِت |
They looked | humma talluhumma Talloo | هـُمّ َ طـَلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might look | 'ana yimkin 'atullaacnaa yimkin aacTull | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أطـُلّ |
We might look | 'ihna yimkin nitulliicHnaa yimkin niTull | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِطـُلّ |
You(m) might look | 'inta yimkin titulliicnta yimkin tiTull | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِطـُلّ |
You(f) might look | 'inti yimkin titulliiicnti yimkin tiTully | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِطـُلّي |
You(pl) might look | 'intu yimkin titulluiicntoo yimkin tiTulloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِطـُلّوا |
He/it(m) might look | huwa yimkin yitullhuwa yimkin yiTull | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِطـُلّ |
She/it(f) might look | hiya yimkin titullhiya yimkin tiTull | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِطـُلّ |
They might look | humma yimkin yitulluhumma yimkin yiTulloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِطـُلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I look | 'ana batullaacnaa baTull | أنا َ بـَطـُلّ |
We look | 'ihna bintulliicHnaa binTull | إحنا َ بـِنطـُلّ |
You(m) look | 'inta bittulliicnta bitTull | إنت َ بـِتطـُلّ |
You(f) look | 'inti bittulliiicnti bitTully | إنت ِ بـِتطـُلّي |
You(pl) look | 'intu bittulluiicntoo bitTulloo | إنتوا بـِتطـُلّوا |
He/it(m) looks | huwa biyitullhuwa biyiTull | هـُو َ بـِيـِطـُلّ |
She/it(f) looks | hiya bittullhiya bitTull | هـِي َ بـِتطـُلّ |
They look | humma biyitulluhumma biyiTulloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِطـُلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will look | 'ana hatullaacnaa haTull | أنا َ هـَطـُلّ |
We will look | 'ihna hantulliicHnaa hanTull | إحنا َ هـَنطـُلّ |
You(m) will look | 'inta hattulliicnta hatTull | إنت َ هـَتطـُلّ |
You(f) will look | 'inti hattulliiicnti hatTully | إنت ِ هـَتطـُلّي |
You(pl) will look | 'intu hattulluiicntoo hatTulloo | إنتوا هـَتطـُلّوا |
He/it(m) will look | huwa hayitullhuwa hayiTull | هـُو َ هـَيـِطـُلّ |
She/it(f) will look | hiya hattullhiya hatTull | هـِي َ هـَتطـُلّ |
They will look | humma hayitulluhumma hayiTulloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِطـُلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
English | Egyptian |
You(m) look! | 'itulliicTull | إطـُلّ |
You(f) look! | 'itulliiicTully | إطـُلّي |
You(pl) look! | 'itulluiicTulloo | إطـُلّوا |