Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I spooned | 'ana gharaftaacnaa Garaft | أنا َ غـَر َفت |
| We spooned | 'ihna gharafnaiicHnaa Garafnaa | إحنا َ غـَر َفنا |
| You(m) spooned | 'inta gharaftiicnta Garaft | إنت َ غـَر َفت |
| You(f) spooned | 'inti gharaftiiicnti Garafty | إنت ِ غـَر َفتي |
| You(pl) spooned | 'intu gharaftuiicntoo Garaftoo | إنتوا غـَر َفتوا |
| He/it(m) spooned | huwa gharafhuwa Garaf | هـُو َ غـَر َف |
| She/it(f) spooned | hiya gharafithiya Garafit | هـِي َ غـَر َفـِت |
| They spooned | humma gharafuhumma Garafoo | هـُمّ َ غـَر َفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might spoon | 'ana yimkin 'aghrifaacnaa yimkin aacGrif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أغر ِف |
| We might spoon | 'ihna yimkin nighrifiicHnaa yimkin niGrif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِغر ِف |
| You(m) might spoon | 'inta yimkin tighrifiicnta yimkin tiGrif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِغر ِف |
| You(f) might spoon | 'inti yimkin tighrifiiicnti yimkin tiGrify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِغر ِفي |
| You(pl) might spoon | 'intu yimkin tighrifuiicntoo yimkin tiGrifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِغر ِفوا |
| He/it(m) might spoon | huwa yimkin yighrifhuwa yimkin yiGrif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِغر ِف |
| She/it(f) might spoon | hiya yimkin tighrifhiya yimkin tiGrif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِغر ِف |
| They might spoon | humma yimkin yighrifuhumma yimkin yiGrifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِغر ِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I spoon | 'ana baghrifaacnaa baGrif | أنا َ بـَغر ِف |
| We spoon | 'ihna binighrifiicHnaa biniGrif | إحنا َ بـِنـِغر ِف |
| You(m) spoon | 'inta bitighrifiicnta bitiGrif | إنت َ بـِتـِغر ِف |
| You(f) spoon | 'inti bitighrifiiicnti bitiGrify | إنت ِ بـِتـِغر ِفي |
| You(pl) spoon | 'intu bitighrifuiicntoo bitiGrifoo | إنتوا بـِتـِغر ِفوا |
| He/it(m) spoons | huwa biyighrifhuwa biyiGrif | هـُو َ بـِيـِغر ِف |
| She/it(f) spoons | hiya bitighrifhiya bitiGrif | هـِي َ بـِتـِغر ِف |
| They spoon | humma biyighrifuhumma biyiGrifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِغر ِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will spoon | 'ana haghrifaacnaa haGrif | أنا َ هـَغر ِف |
| We will spoon | 'ihna hanighrifiicHnaa haniGrif | إحنا َ هـَنـِغر ِف |
| You(m) will spoon | 'inta hatighrifiicnta hatiGrif | إنت َ هـَتـِغر ِف |
| You(f) will spoon | 'inti hatighrifiiicnti hatiGrify | إنت ِ هـَتـِغر ِفي |
| You(pl) will spoon | 'intu hatighrifuiicntoo hatiGrifoo | إنتوا هـَتـِغر ِفوا |
| He/it(m) will spoon | huwa hayighrifhuwa hayiGrif | هـُو َ هـَيـِغر ِف |
| She/it(f) will spoon | hiya hatighrifhiya hatiGrif | هـِي َ هـَتـِغر ِف |
| They will spoon | humma hayighrifuhumma hayiGrifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِغر ِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) spoon! | 'ighrifiicGrif | إغر ِف |
| You(f) spoon! | 'ighrifiiicGrify | إغر ِفي |
| You(pl) spoon! | 'ighrifuiicGrifoo | إغر ِفوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am spooning | 'ana ghaerifaacnaa Gaerif | أنا َ غا َر ِف |
| I(f) am spooning | 'ana ghaerifaaacnaa Gaerifaö | أنا َ غا َر ِفـَة |
| We are spooning | 'ihna ghaerifeeniicHnaa Gaerifyn | إحنا َ غا َر ِفين |
| You(m) are spooning | 'inta ghaerifiicnta Gaerif | إنت َ غا َر ِف |
| You(f) are spooning | 'inti ghaerifaiicnti Gaerifaö | إنت ِ غا َر ِفـَة |
| You(pl) are spooning | 'intu ghaerifeeniicntoo Gaerifyn | إنتوا غا َر ِفين |
| He/it(m) is spooning | huwa ghaerifhuwa Gaerif | هـُو َ غا َر ِف |
| She/it(f) is spooning | hiya ghaerifahiya Gaerifaö | هـِي َ غا َر ِفـَة |
| They are spooning | humma ghaerifeenhumma Gaerifyn | هـُمّ َ غا َر ِفين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is spooned | huwa maghroofhuwa maGrwf | هـُو َ مـَغروف |
| She/it(f) is spooned | hiya maghroofahiya maGrwfaö | هـِي َ مـَغروفـَة |
| They are spooned | humma maghroofeenhumma maGrwfyn | هـُمّ َ مـَغروفين |
