Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I protested | 'ana 'ihtaggeetaacnaa iicHtaggyt | أنا َ إحتـَجّيت |
| We protested | 'ihna 'ihtaggeenaiicHnaa iicHtaggynaa | إحنا َ إحتـَجّينا |
| You(m) protested | 'inta 'ihtaggeetiicnta iicHtaggyt | إنت َ إحتـَجّيت |
| You(f) protested | 'inti 'ihtaggeetiiicnti iicHtaggyty | إنت ِ إحتـَجّيتي |
| You(pl) protested | 'intu 'ihtaggeetuiicntoo iicHtaggytoo | إنتوا إحتـَجّيتوا |
| He/it(m) protested | huwa 'ihtagghuwa iicHtagg | هـُو َ إحتـَجّ |
| She/it(f) protested | hiya 'ihtaggithiya iicHtaggit | هـِي َ إحتـَجّـِت |
| They protested | humma 'ihtagguhumma iicHtaggoo | هـُمّ َ إحتـَجّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might protest | 'ana yimkin 'ahtaggaacnaa yimkin aacHtagg | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحتـَجّ |
| We might protest | 'ihna yimkin nihtaggiicHnaa yimkin niHtagg | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحتـَجّ |
| You(m) might protest | 'inta yimkin tihtaggiicnta yimkin tiHtagg | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَجّ |
| You(f) might protest | 'inti yimkin tihtaggiiicnti yimkin tiHtaggy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَجّي |
| You(pl) might protest | 'intu yimkin tihtagguiicntoo yimkin tiHtaggoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَجّوا |
| He/it(m) might protest | huwa yimkin yihtagghuwa yimkin yiHtagg | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَجّ |
| She/it(f) might protest | hiya yimkin tihtagghiya yimkin tiHtagg | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَجّ |
| They might protest | humma yimkin yihtagguhumma yimkin yiHtaggoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَجّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I protest | 'ana bahtaggaacnaa baHtagg | أنا َ بـَحتـَجّ |
| We protest | 'ihna binihtaggiicHnaa biniHtagg | إحنا َ بـِنـِحتـَجّ |
| You(m) protest | 'inta bitihtaggiicnta bitiHtagg | إنت َ بـِتـِحتـَجّ |
| You(f) protest | 'inti bitihtaggiiicnti bitiHtaggy | إنت ِ بـِتـِحتـَجّي |
| You(pl) protest | 'intu bitihtagguiicntoo bitiHtaggoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحتـَجّوا |
| He/it(m) protests | huwa biyihtagghuwa biyiHtagg | هـُو َ بـِيـِحتـَجّ |
| She/it(f) protests | hiya bitihtagghiya bitiHtagg | هـِي َ بـِتـِحتـَجّ |
| They protest | humma biyihtagguhumma biyiHtaggoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحتـَجّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will protest | 'ana hahtaggaacnaa haHtagg | أنا َ هـَحتـَجّ |
| We will protest | 'ihna hanihtaggiicHnaa haniHtagg | إحنا َ هـَنـِحتـَجّ |
| You(m) will protest | 'inta hatihtaggiicnta hatiHtagg | إنت َ هـَتـِحتـَجّ |
| You(f) will protest | 'inti hatihtaggiiicnti hatiHtaggy | إنت ِ هـَتـِحتـَجّي |
| You(pl) will protest | 'intu hatihtagguiicntoo hatiHtaggoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحتـَجّوا |
| He/it(m) will protest | huwa hayihtagghuwa hayiHtagg | هـُو َ هـَيـِحتـَجّ |
| She/it(f) will protest | hiya hatihtagghiya hatiHtagg | هـِي َ هـَتـِحتـَجّ |
| They will protest | humma hayihtagguhumma hayiHtaggoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحتـَجّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) protest! | 'ihtaggiicHtagg | إحتـَجّ |
| You(f) protest! | 'ihtaggiiicHtaggy | إحتـَجّي |
| You(pl) protest! | 'ihtagguiicHtaggoo | إحتـَجّوا |
