Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I pounded | 'ana da''eetaacnaa daqqyt | أنا َ د َقّيت |
| We pounded | 'ihna da''eenaiicHnaa daqqynaa | إحنا َ د َقّينا |
| You(m) pounded | 'inta da''eetiicnta daqqyt | إنت َ د َقّيت |
| You(f) pounded | 'inti da''eetiiicnti daqqyty | إنت ِ د َقّيتي |
| You(pl) pounded | 'intu da''eetuiicntoo daqqytoo | إنتوا د َقّيتوا |
| He/it(m) pounded | huwa da''huwa daqq | هـُو َ د َقّ |
| She/it(f) pounded | hiya da''ithiya daqqit | هـِي َ د َقّـِت |
| They pounded | humma da''uhumma daqqoo | هـُمّ َ د َقّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might pound | 'ana yimkin 'adu''aacnaa yimkin aacduqq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد ُقّ |
| We might pound | 'ihna yimkin nidu''iicHnaa yimkin niduqq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد ُقّ |
| You(m) might pound | 'inta yimkin tidu''iicnta yimkin tiduqq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد ُقّ |
| You(f) might pound | 'inti yimkin tidu''iiicnti yimkin tiduqqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد ُقّي |
| You(pl) might pound | 'intu yimkin tidu''uiicntoo yimkin tiduqqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد ُقّوا |
| He/it(m) might pound | huwa yimkin yidu''huwa yimkin yiduqq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد ُقّ |
| She/it(f) might pound | hiya yimkin tidu''hiya yimkin tiduqq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد ُقّ |
| They might pound | humma yimkin yidu''uhumma yimkin yiduqqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد ُقّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I pound | 'ana badu''aacnaa baduqq | أنا َ بـَد ُقّ |
| We pound | 'ihna bindu''iicHnaa binduqq | إحنا َ بـِند ُقّ |
| You(m) pound | 'inta bitdu''iicnta bitduqq | إنت َ بـِتد ُقّ |
| You(f) pound | 'inti bitdu''iiicnti bitduqqy | إنت ِ بـِتد ُقّي |
| You(pl) pound | 'intu bitdu''uiicntoo bitduqqoo | إنتوا بـِتد ُقّوا |
| He/it(m) pounds | huwa biyidu''huwa biyiduqq | هـُو َ بـِيـِد ُقّ |
| She/it(f) pounds | hiya bitdu''hiya bitduqq | هـِي َ بـِتد ُقّ |
| They pound | humma biyidu''uhumma biyiduqqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد ُقّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will pound | 'ana hadu''aacnaa haduqq | أنا َ هـَد ُقّ |
| We will pound | 'ihna handu''iicHnaa handuqq | إحنا َ هـَند ُقّ |
| You(m) will pound | 'inta hatdu''iicnta hatduqq | إنت َ هـَتد ُقّ |
| You(f) will pound | 'inti hatdu''iiicnti hatduqqy | إنت ِ هـَتد ُقّي |
| You(pl) will pound | 'intu hatdu''uiicntoo hatduqqoo | إنتوا هـَتد ُقّوا |
| He/it(m) will pound | huwa hayidu''huwa hayiduqq | هـُو َ هـَيـِد ُقّ |
| She/it(f) will pound | hiya hatdu''hiya hatduqq | هـِي َ هـَتد ُقّ |
| They will pound | humma hayidu''uhumma hayiduqqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد ُقّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) pound! | 'idu''iicduqq | إد ُقّ |
| You(f) pound! | 'idu''iiicduqqy | إد ُقّي |
| You(pl) pound! | 'idu''uiicduqqoo | إد ُقّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is pounded | huwa mad'oo'huwa madqwq | هـُو َ مـَدقوق |
| She/it(f) is pounded | hiya mad'oo'ahiya madqwqaö | هـِي َ مـَدقوقـَة |
| They are pounded | humma mad'oo'eenhumma madqwqyn | هـُمّ َ مـَدقوقين |
