Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I shelled | 'ana 'ashshartaacnaa qashshart | أنا َ قـَشّـَرت |
| We shelled | 'ihna 'ashsharnaiicHnaa qashsharnaa | إحنا َ قـَشّـَرنا |
| You(m) shelled | 'inta 'ashshartiicnta qashshart | إنت َ قـَشّـَرت |
| You(f) shelled | 'inti 'ashshartiiicnti qashsharty | إنت ِ قـَشّـَرتي |
| You(pl) shelled | 'intu 'ashshartuiicntoo qashshartoo | إنتوا قـَشّـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) shelled | huwa 'ashsharhuwa qashshar | هـُو َ قـَشّـَر |
| She/it(f) shelled | hiya 'ashsharithiya qashsharit | هـِي َ قـَشّـَر ِت |
| They shelled | humma 'ashsharuhumma qashsharoo | هـُمّ َ قـَشّـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might shell | 'ana yimkin 'a'ashsharaacnaa yimkin aacqashshar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَشّـَر |
| We might shell | 'ihna yimkin ni'ashshariicHnaa yimkin niqashshar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(m) might shell | 'inta yimkin ti'ashshariicnta yimkin tiqashshar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(f) might shell | 'inti yimkin ti'ashshariiicnti yimkin tiqashshary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَشّـَري |
| You(pl) might shell | 'intu yimkin ti'ashsharuiicntoo yimkin tiqashsharoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَشّـَروا |
| He/it(m) might shell | huwa yimkin yi'ashsharhuwa yimkin yiqashshar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَشّـَر |
| She/it(f) might shell | hiya yimkin ti'ashsharhiya yimkin tiqashshar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَشّـَر |
| They might shell | humma yimkin yi'ashsharuhumma yimkin yiqashsharoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَشّـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I shell | 'ana ba'ashsharaacnaa baqashshar | أنا َ بـَقـَشّـَر |
| We shell | 'ihna bini'ashshariicHnaa biniqashshar | إحنا َ بـِنـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(m) shell | 'inta biti'ashshariicnta bitiqashshar | إنت َ بـِتـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(f) shell | 'inti biti'ashshariiicnti bitiqashshary | إنت ِ بـِتـِقـَشّـَري |
| You(pl) shell | 'intu biti'ashsharuiicntoo bitiqashsharoo | إنتوا بـِتـِقـَشّـَروا |
| He/it(m) shells | huwa biyi'ashsharhuwa biyiqashshar | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَشّـَر |
| She/it(f) shells | hiya biti'ashsharhiya bitiqashshar | هـِي َ بـِتـِقـَشّـَر |
| They shell | humma biyi'ashsharuhumma biyiqashsharoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَشّـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will shell | 'ana ha'ashsharaacnaa haqashshar | أنا َ هـَقـَشّـَر |
| We will shell | 'ihna hani'ashshariicHnaa haniqashshar | إحنا َ هـَنـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(m) will shell | 'inta hati'ashshariicnta hatiqashshar | إنت َ هـَتـِقـَشّـَر |
| You(f) will shell | 'inti hati'ashshariiicnti hatiqashshary | إنت ِ هـَتـِقـَشّـَري |
| You(pl) will shell | 'intu hati'ashsharuiicntoo hatiqashsharoo | إنتوا هـَتـِقـَشّـَروا |
| He/it(m) will shell | huwa hayi'ashsharhuwa hayiqashshar | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَشّـَر |
| She/it(f) will shell | hiya hati'ashsharhiya hatiqashshar | هـِي َ هـَتـِقـَشّـَر |
| They will shell | humma hayi'ashsharuhumma hayiqashsharoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَشّـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) shell! | 'i'shariicqshar | إقشـَر |
| You(f) shell! | 'i'shariiicqshary | إقشـَري |
| You(pl) shell! | i'sharuiqsharoo | ِقشـَروا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is shelled | huwa mu'ashsharhuwa muqashshar | هـُو َ مـُقـَشّـَر |
| She/it(f) is shelled | hiya mu'ashsharahiya muqashsharaö | هـِي َ مـُقـَشّـَر َة |
| They are shelled | humma mu'ashshareenhumma muqashsharyn | هـُمّ َ مـُقـَشّـَرين |
