Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
English | Egyptian |
I had | 'ana 'itthabbittaacnaa iictthabbitt | أنا َ إتثـَبّـِتّ |
We had | 'ihna 'itthabbitnaiicHnaa iictthabbitnaa | إحنا َ إتثـَبّـِتنا |
You(m) had | 'inta 'itthabbittiicnta iictthabbitt | إنت َ إتثـَبّـِتّ |
You(f) had | 'inti 'itthabbittiiicnti iictthabbitty | إنت ِ إتثـَبّـِتّي |
You(pl) had | 'intu 'itthabbittuiicntoo iictthabbittoo | إنتوا إتثـَبّـِتّوا |
He/it(m) had | huwa 'itthabbithuwa iictthabbit | هـُو َ إتثـَبّـِت |
She/it(f) had | hiya 'itthabbitithiya iictthabbitit | هـِي َ إتثـَبّـِتـِت |
They had | humma 'itthabbituhumma iictthabbitoo | هـُمّ َ إتثـَبّـِتوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
English | Egyptian |
I might have | 'ana yimkin 'atthabbitaacnaa yimkin aactthabbit | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتثـَبّـِت |
We might have | 'ihna yimkin nitthabbitiicHnaa yimkin nitthabbit | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(m) might have | 'inta yimkin titthabbitiicnta yimkin titthabbit | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(f) might have | 'inti yimkin titthabbitiiicnti yimkin titthabbity | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتثـَبّـِتي |
You(pl) might have | 'intu yimkin titthabbituiicntoo yimkin titthabbitoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
He/it(m) might have | huwa yimkin yitthabbithuwa yimkin yitthabbit | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتثـَبّـِت |
She/it(f) might have | hiya yimkin titthabbithiya yimkin titthabbit | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتثـَبّـِت |
They might have | humma yimkin yitthabbituhumma yimkin yitthabbitoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
English | Egyptian |
I have | 'ana batthabbitaacnaa batthabbit | أنا َ بـَتثـَبّـِت |
We have | 'ihna binitthabbitiicHnaa binitthabbit | إحنا َ بـِنـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(m) have | 'inta bititthabbitiicnta bititthabbit | إنت َ بـِتـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(f) have | 'inti bititthabbitiiicnti bititthabbity | إنت ِ بـِتـِتثـَبّـِتي |
You(pl) have | 'intu bititthabbituiicntoo bititthabbitoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
He/it(m) haves | huwa biyitthabbithuwa biyitthabbit | هـُو َ بـِيـِتثـَبّـِت |
She/it(f) haves | hiya bititthabbithiya bititthabbit | هـِي َ بـِتـِتثـَبّـِت |
They have | humma biyitthabbituhumma biyitthabbitoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
English | Egyptian |
I will have | 'ana hatthabbitaacnaa hatthabbit | أنا َ هـَتثـَبّـِت |
We will have | 'ihna hanitthabbitiicHnaa hanitthabbit | إحنا َ هـَنـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(m) will have | 'inta hatitthabbitiicnta hatitthabbit | إنت َ هـَتـِتثـَبّـِت |
You(f) will have | 'inti hatitthabbitiiicnti hatitthabbity | إنت ِ هـَتـِتثـَبّـِتي |
You(pl) will have | 'intu hatitthabbituiicntoo hatitthabbitoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
He/it(m) will have | huwa hayitthabbithuwa hayitthabbit | هـُو َ هـَيـِتثـَبّـِت |
She/it(f) will have | hiya hatitthabbithiya hatitthabbit | هـِي َ هـَتـِتثـَبّـِت |
They will have | humma hayitthabbituhumma hayitthabbitoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتثـَبّـِتوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
English | Egyptian |
He/it(m) is | huwa mutathabbithuwa mutathabbit | هـُو َ مـُتـَثـَبّـِت |
She/it(f) is | hiya mutathabbitahiya mutathabbitaö | هـِي َ مـُتـَثـَبّـِتـَة |
They are | humma mutathabbiteenhumma mutathabbityn | هـُمّ َ مـُتـَثـَبّـِتين |