Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I occupied | 'ana shaghaltaacnaa shaGalt | أنا َ شـَغـَلت |
| We occupied | 'ihna shaghalnaiicHnaa shaGalnaa | إحنا َ شـَغـَلنا |
| You(m) occupied | 'inta shaghaltiicnta shaGalt | إنت َ شـَغـَلت |
| You(f) occupied | 'inti shaghaltiiicnti shaGalty | إنت ِ شـَغـَلتي |
| You(pl) occupied | 'intu shaghaltuiicntoo shaGaltoo | إنتوا شـَغـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) occupied | huwa shaghalhuwa shaGal | هـُو َ شـَغـَل |
| She/it(f) occupied | hiya shaghalithiya shaGalit | هـِي َ شـَغـَلـِت |
| They occupied | humma shaghaluhumma shaGaloo | هـُمّ َ شـَغـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might occupy | 'ana yimkin 'ashghilaacnaa yimkin aacshGil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشغـِل |
| We might occupy | 'ihna yimkin nishghiliicHnaa yimkin nishGil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشغـِل |
| You(m) might occupy | 'inta yimkin tishghiliicnta yimkin tishGil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِل |
| You(f) might occupy | 'inti yimkin tishghiliiicnti yimkin tishGily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِلي |
| You(pl) might occupy | 'intu yimkin tishghiluiicntoo yimkin tishGiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might occupy | huwa yimkin yishghilhuwa yimkin yishGil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشغـِل |
| She/it(f) might occupy | hiya yimkin tishghilhiya yimkin tishGil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِل |
| They might occupy | humma yimkin yishghiluhumma yimkin yishGiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشغـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I occupy | 'ana bashghilaacnaa bashGil | أنا َ بـَشغـِل |
| We occupy | 'ihna binishghiliicHnaa binishGil | إحنا َ بـِنـِشغـِل |
| You(m) occupy | 'inta bitishghiliicnta bitishGil | إنت َ بـِتـِشغـِل |
| You(f) occupy | 'inti bitishghiliiicnti bitishGily | إنت ِ بـِتـِشغـِلي |
| You(pl) occupy | 'intu bitishghiluiicntoo bitishGiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِشغـِلوا |
| He/it(m) occupys | huwa biyishghilhuwa biyishGil | هـُو َ بـِيـِشغـِل |
| She/it(f) occupys | hiya bitishghilhiya bitishGil | هـِي َ بـِتـِشغـِل |
| They occupy | humma biyishghiluhumma biyishGiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشغـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will occupy | 'ana hashghilaacnaa hashGil | أنا َ هـَشغـِل |
| We will occupy | 'ihna hanishghiliicHnaa hanishGil | إحنا َ هـَنـِشغـِل |
| You(m) will occupy | 'inta hatishghiliicnta hatishGil | إنت َ هـَتـِشغـِل |
| You(f) will occupy | 'inti hatishghiliiicnti hatishGily | إنت ِ هـَتـِشغـِلي |
| You(pl) will occupy | 'intu hatishghiluiicntoo hatishGiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِشغـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will occupy | huwa hayishghilhuwa hayishGil | هـُو َ هـَيـِشغـِل |
| She/it(f) will occupy | hiya hatishghilhiya hatishGil | هـِي َ هـَتـِشغـِل |
| They will occupy | humma hayishghiluhumma hayishGiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشغـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) occupy! | 'ishghiliicshGil | إشغـِل |
| You(f) occupy! | 'ishghiliiicshGily | إشغـِلي |
| You(pl) occupy! | 'ishghiluiicshGiloo | إشغـِلوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is occupied | huwa mashghoolhuwa mashGwl | هـُو َ مـَشغول |
| She/it(f) is occupied | hiya mashghoolahiya mashGwlaö | هـِي َ مـَشغولـَة |
| They are occupied | humma mashghooleenhumma mashGwlyn | هـُمّ َ مـَشغولين |
