Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I measured | 'ana 'eestaacnaa qyst | أنا َ قيست |
| We measured | 'ihna 'eesnaiicHnaa qysnaa | إحنا َ قيسنا |
| You(m) measured | 'inta 'eestiicnta qyst | إنت َ قيست |
| You(f) measured | 'inti 'eestiiicnti qysty | إنت ِ قيستي |
| You(pl) measured | 'intu 'eestuiicntoo qystoo | إنتوا قيستوا |
| He/it(m) measured | huwa 'aeshuwa qaes | هـُو َ قا َس |
| She/it(f) measured | hiya 'aesithiya qaesit | هـِي َ قا َسـِت |
| They measured | humma 'asuhumma qaesoo | هـُمّ َ قا َسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might measure | 'ana yimkin 'a'eesaacnaa yimkin aacqys | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقيس |
| We might measure | 'ihna yimkin ni'eesiicHnaa yimkin niqys | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقيس |
| You(m) might measure | 'inta yimkin ti'eesiicnta yimkin tiqys | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس |
| You(f) might measure | 'inti yimkin ti'eesiiicnti yimkin tiqysy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقيسي |
| You(pl) might measure | 'intu yimkin ti'eesuiicntoo yimkin tiqysoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقيسوا |
| He/it(m) might measure | huwa yimkin yi'eeshuwa yimkin yiqys | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيس |
| She/it(f) might measure | hiya yimkin ti'eeshiya yimkin tiqys | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس |
| They might measure | humma yimkin yi'eesuhumma yimkin yiqysoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I measure | 'ana ba'eesaacnaa baqys | أنا َ بـَقيس |
| We measure | 'ihna bin'eesiicHnaa binqys | إحنا َ بـِنقيس |
| You(m) measure | 'inta bit'eesiicnta bitqys | إنت َ بـِتقيس |
| You(f) measure | 'inti bit'eesiiicnti bitqysy | إنت ِ بـِتقيسي |
| You(pl) measure | 'intu bit'eesuiicntoo bitqysoo | إنتوا بـِتقيسوا |
| He/it(m) measures | huwa biyi'eeshuwa biyiqys | هـُو َ بـِيـِقيس |
| She/it(f) measures | hiya bit'eeshiya bitqys | هـِي َ بـِتقيس |
| They measure | humma biyi'eesuhumma biyiqysoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقيسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will measure | 'ana ha'eesaacnaa haqys | أنا َ هـَقيس |
| We will measure | 'ihna han'eesiicHnaa hanqys | إحنا َ هـَنقيس |
| You(m) will measure | 'inta hat'eesiicnta hatqys | إنت َ هـَتقيس |
| You(f) will measure | 'inti hat'eesiiicnti hatqysy | إنت ِ هـَتقيسي |
| You(pl) will measure | 'intu hat'eesuiicntoo hatqysoo | إنتوا هـَتقيسوا |
| He/it(m) will measure | huwa hayi'eeshuwa hayiqys | هـُو َ هـَيـِقيس |
| She/it(f) will measure | hiya hat'eeshiya hatqys | هـِي َ هـَتقيس |
| They will measure | humma hayi'eesuhumma hayiqysoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقيسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) measure! | 'eesqys | قيس |
| You(f) measure! | 'eesiqysy | قيسي |
| You(pl) measure! | 'eesuqysoo | قيسوا |
