Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I strained | 'ana saffeetaacnaa Saffyt | أنا َ صـَفّيت |
| We strained | 'ihna saffeenaiicHnaa Saffynaa | إحنا َ صـَفّينا |
| You(m) strained | 'inta saffeetiicnta Saffyt | إنت َ صـَفّيت |
| You(f) strained | 'inti saffeetiiicnti Saffyty | إنت ِ صـَفّيتي |
| You(pl) strained | 'intu saffeetuiicntoo Saffytoo | إنتوا صـَفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) strained | huwa saffahuwa SaffY | هـُو َ صـَفّى |
| She/it(f) strained | hiya saffithiya Saffit | هـِي َ صـَفّـِت |
| They strained | humma saffuhumma Saffoo | هـُمّ َ صـَفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might strain | 'ana yimkin 'asaffiaacnaa yimkin aacSaffy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَفّي |
| We might strain | 'ihna yimkin nisaffiiicHnaa yimkin niSaffy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَفّي |
| You(m) might strain | 'inta yimkin tisaffiiicnta yimkin tiSaffy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي |
| You(f) might strain | 'inti yimkin tisaffiiicnti yimkin tiSaffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي |
| You(pl) might strain | 'intu yimkin tisaffuiicntoo yimkin tiSaffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) might strain | huwa yimkin yisaffihuwa yimkin yiSaffy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّي |
| She/it(f) might strain | hiya yimkin tisaffihiya yimkin tiSaffy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي |
| They might strain | humma yimkin yisaffuhumma yimkin yiSaffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I strain | 'ana basaffiaacnaa baSaffy | أنا َ بـَصـَفّي |
| We strain | 'ihna binsaffiiicHnaa binSaffy | إحنا َ بـِنصـَفّي |
| You(m) strain | 'inta bitsaffiiicnta bitSaffy | إنت َ بـِتصـَفّي |
| You(f) strain | 'inti bitsaffiiicnti bitSaffy | إنت ِ بـِتصـَفّي |
| You(pl) strain | 'intu bitsaffuiicntoo bitSaffoo | إنتوا بـِتصـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) strains | huwa biyisaffihuwa biyiSaffy | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَفّي |
| She/it(f) strains | hiya bitsaffihiya bitSaffy | هـِي َ بـِتصـَفّي |
| They strain | humma biyisaffuhumma biyiSaffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will strain | 'ana hasaffiaacnaa haSaffy | أنا َ هـَصـَفّي |
| We will strain | 'ihna hansaffiiicHnaa hanSaffy | إحنا َ هـَنصـَفّي |
| You(m) will strain | 'inta hatsaffiiicnta hatSaffy | إنت َ هـَتصـَفّي |
| You(f) will strain | 'inti hatsaffiiicnti hatSaffy | إنت ِ هـَتصـَفّي |
| You(pl) will strain | 'intu hatsaffuiicntoo hatSaffoo | إنتوا هـَتصـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) will strain | huwa hayisaffihuwa hayiSaffy | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَفّي |
| She/it(f) will strain | hiya hatsaffihiya hatSaffy | هـِي َ هـَتصـَفّي |
| They will strain | humma hayisaffuhumma hayiSaffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) strain! | saffiSaffy | صـَفّي |
| You(f) strain! | saffiSaffy | صـَفّي |
| You(pl) strain! | saffuSaffoo | صـَفّوا |
