Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I roasted | 'ana hammastaacnaa HammaSt | أنا َ حـَمّـَصت |
| We roasted | 'ihna hammasnaiicHnaa HammaSnaa | إحنا َ حـَمّـَصنا |
| You(m) roasted | 'inta hammastiicnta HammaSt | إنت َ حـَمّـَصت |
| You(f) roasted | 'inti hammastiiicnti HammaSty | إنت ِ حـَمّـَصتي |
| You(pl) roasted | 'intu hammastuiicntoo HammaStoo | إنتوا حـَمّـَصتوا |
| He/it(m) roasted | huwa hammashuwa HammaS | هـُو َ حـَمّـَص |
| She/it(f) roasted | hiya hammasithiya HammaSit | هـِي َ حـَمّـَصـِت |
| They roasted | humma hammasuhumma HammaSoo | هـُمّ َ حـَمّـَصوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might roast | 'ana yimkin 'ahammasaacnaa yimkin aacHammaS | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحـَمّـَص |
| We might roast | 'ihna yimkin nihammasiicHnaa yimkin niHammaS | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(m) might roast | 'inta yimkin tihammasiicnta yimkin tiHammaS | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(f) might roast | 'inti yimkin tihammasiiicnti yimkin tiHammaSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَمّـَصي |
| You(pl) might roast | 'intu yimkin tihammasuiicntoo yimkin tiHammaSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحـَمّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) might roast | huwa yimkin yihammashuwa yimkin yiHammaS | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَمّـَص |
| She/it(f) might roast | hiya yimkin tihammashiya yimkin tiHammaS | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَمّـَص |
| They might roast | humma yimkin yihammasuhumma yimkin yiHammaSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَمّـَصوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I roast | 'ana bahammasaacnaa baHammaS | أنا َ بـَحـَمّـَص |
| We roast | 'ihna binihammasiicHnaa biniHammaS | إحنا َ بـِنـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(m) roast | 'inta bitihammasiicnta bitiHammaS | إنت َ بـِتـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(f) roast | 'inti bitihammasiiicnti bitiHammaSy | إنت ِ بـِتـِحـَمّـَصي |
| You(pl) roast | 'intu bitihammasuiicntoo bitiHammaSoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحـَمّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) roasts | huwa biyihammashuwa biyiHammaS | هـُو َ بـِيـِحـَمّـَص |
| She/it(f) roasts | hiya bitihammashiya bitiHammaS | هـِي َ بـِتـِحـَمّـَص |
| They roast | humma biyihammasuhumma biyiHammaSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحـَمّـَصوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will roast | 'ana hahammasaacnaa haHammaS | أنا َ هـَحـَمّـَص |
| We will roast | 'ihna hanihammasiicHnaa haniHammaS | إحنا َ هـَنـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(m) will roast | 'inta hatihammasiicnta hatiHammaS | إنت َ هـَتـِحـَمّـَص |
| You(f) will roast | 'inti hatihammasiiicnti hatiHammaSy | إنت ِ هـَتـِحـَمّـَصي |
| You(pl) will roast | 'intu hatihammasuiicntoo hatiHammaSoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحـَمّـَصوا |
| He/it(m) will roast | huwa hayihammashuwa hayiHammaS | هـُو َ هـَيـِحـَمّـَص |
| She/it(f) will roast | hiya hatihammashiya hatiHammaS | هـِي َ هـَتـِحـَمّـَص |
| They will roast | humma hayihammasuhumma hayiHammaSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحـَمّـَصوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) roast! | 'ihmasiicHmaS | إحمـَص |
| You(f) roast! | 'ihmasiiicHmaSy | إحمـَصي |
| You(pl) roast! | ihmasuiHmaSoo | ِحمـَصوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is roasted | huwa muhammashuwa muHammaS | هـُو َ مـُحـَمّـَص |
| She/it(f) is roasted | hiya muhammasahiya muHammaSaö | هـِي َ مـُحـَمّـَصـَة |
| They are roasted | humma muhammaseenhumma muHammaSyn | هـُمّ َ مـُحـَمّـَصين |
