Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I shortened | 'ana 'assartaacnaa qaSSart | أنا َ قـَصّـَرت |
| We shortened | 'ihna 'assarnaiicHnaa qaSSarnaa | إحنا َ قـَصّـَرنا |
| You(m) shortened | 'inta 'assartiicnta qaSSart | إنت َ قـَصّـَرت |
| You(f) shortened | 'inti 'assartiiicnti qaSSarty | إنت ِ قـَصّـَرتي |
| You(pl) shortened | 'intu 'assartuiicntoo qaSSartoo | إنتوا قـَصّـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) shortened | huwa 'assarhuwa qaSSar | هـُو َ قـَصّـَر |
| She/it(f) shortened | hiya 'assarithiya qaSSarit | هـِي َ قـَصّـَر ِت |
| They shortened | humma 'assaruhumma qaSSaroo | هـُمّ َ قـَصّـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might shorten | 'ana yimkin 'a'assaraacnaa yimkin aacqaSSar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَصّـَر |
| We might shorten | 'ihna yimkin ni'assariicHnaa yimkin niqaSSar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(m) might shorten | 'inta yimkin ti'assariicnta yimkin tiqaSSar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(f) might shorten | 'inti yimkin ti'assariiicnti yimkin tiqaSSary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَصّـَري |
| You(pl) might shorten | 'intu yimkin ti'assaruiicntoo yimkin tiqaSSaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَصّـَروا |
| He/it(m) might shorten | huwa yimkin yi'assarhuwa yimkin yiqaSSar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَصّـَر |
| She/it(f) might shorten | hiya yimkin ti'assarhiya yimkin tiqaSSar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَصّـَر |
| They might shorten | humma yimkin yi'assaruhumma yimkin yiqaSSaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَصّـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I shorten | 'ana ba'assaraacnaa baqaSSar | أنا َ بـَقـَصّـَر |
| We shorten | 'ihna bini'assariicHnaa biniqaSSar | إحنا َ بـِنـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(m) shorten | 'inta biti'assariicnta bitiqaSSar | إنت َ بـِتـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(f) shorten | 'inti biti'assariiicnti bitiqaSSary | إنت ِ بـِتـِقـَصّـَري |
| You(pl) shorten | 'intu biti'assaruiicntoo bitiqaSSaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِقـَصّـَروا |
| He/it(m) shortens | huwa biyi'assarhuwa biyiqaSSar | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَصّـَر |
| She/it(f) shortens | hiya biti'assarhiya bitiqaSSar | هـِي َ بـِتـِقـَصّـَر |
| They shorten | humma biyi'assaruhumma biyiqaSSaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَصّـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will shorten | 'ana ha'assaraacnaa haqaSSar | أنا َ هـَقـَصّـَر |
| We will shorten | 'ihna hani'assariicHnaa haniqaSSar | إحنا َ هـَنـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(m) will shorten | 'inta hati'assariicnta hatiqaSSar | إنت َ هـَتـِقـَصّـَر |
| You(f) will shorten | 'inti hati'assariiicnti hatiqaSSary | إنت ِ هـَتـِقـَصّـَري |
| You(pl) will shorten | 'intu hati'assaruiicntoo hatiqaSSaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِقـَصّـَروا |
| He/it(m) will shorten | huwa hayi'assarhuwa hayiqaSSar | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَصّـَر |
| She/it(f) will shorten | hiya hati'assarhiya hatiqaSSar | هـِي َ هـَتـِقـَصّـَر |
| They will shorten | humma hayi'assaruhumma hayiqaSSaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَصّـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) shorten! | 'i'sariicqSar | إقصـَر |
| You(f) shorten! | 'i'sariiicqSary | إقصـَري |
| You(pl) shorten! | i'saruiqSaroo | ِقصـَروا |
