Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I switched | 'ana tafeetaacnaa Tafyt | أنا َ طـَفيت |
| We switched | 'ihna tafeenaiicHnaa Tafynaa | إحنا َ طـَفينا |
| You(m) switched | 'inta tafeetiicnta Tafyt | إنت َ طـَفيت |
| You(f) switched | 'inti tafeetiiicnti Tafyty | إنت ِ طـَفيتي |
| You(pl) switched | 'intu tafeetuiicntoo Tafytoo | إنتوا طـَفيتوا |
| He/it(m) switched | huwa tafahuwa TafY | هـُو َ طـَفى |
| She/it(f) switched | hiya tafyithiya Tafyit | هـِي َ طـَفيـِت |
| They switched | humma tafuhumma Tafoo | هـُمّ َ طـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might switch | 'ana yimkin 'atfiaacnaa yimkin aacTfy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أطفي |
| We might switch | 'ihna yimkin nitfiiicHnaa yimkin niTfy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِطفي |
| You(m) might switch | 'inta yimkin titfiiicnta yimkin tiTfy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
| You(f) might switch | 'inti yimkin titfiiicnti yimkin tiTfy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
| You(pl) might switch | 'intu yimkin titfuiicntoo yimkin tiTfoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِطفوا |
| He/it(m) might switch | huwa yimkin yitfihuwa yimkin yiTfy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِطفي |
| She/it(f) might switch | hiya yimkin titfihiya yimkin tiTfy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِطفي |
| They might switch | humma yimkin yitfuhumma yimkin yiTfoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِطفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I switch | 'ana batfiaacnaa baTfy | أنا َ بـَطفي |
| We switch | 'ihna binitfiiicHnaa biniTfy | إحنا َ بـِنـِطفي |
| You(m) switch | 'inta bititfiiicnta bitiTfy | إنت َ بـِتـِطفي |
| You(f) switch | 'inti bititfiiicnti bitiTfy | إنت ِ بـِتـِطفي |
| You(pl) switch | 'intu bititfuiicntoo bitiTfoo | إنتوا بـِتـِطفوا |
| He/it(m) switchs | huwa biyitfihuwa biyiTfy | هـُو َ بـِيـِطفي |
| She/it(f) switchs | hiya bititfihiya bitiTfy | هـِي َ بـِتـِطفي |
| They switch | humma biyitfuhumma biyiTfoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِطفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will switch | 'ana hatfiaacnaa haTfy | أنا َ هـَطفي |
| We will switch | 'ihna hanitfiiicHnaa haniTfy | إحنا َ هـَنـِطفي |
| You(m) will switch | 'inta hatitfiiicnta hatiTfy | إنت َ هـَتـِطفي |
| You(f) will switch | 'inti hatitfiiicnti hatiTfy | إنت ِ هـَتـِطفي |
| You(pl) will switch | 'intu hatitfuiicntoo hatiTfoo | إنتوا هـَتـِطفوا |
| He/it(m) will switch | huwa hayitfihuwa hayiTfy | هـُو َ هـَيـِطفي |
| She/it(f) will switch | hiya hatitfihiya hatiTfy | هـِي َ هـَتـِطفي |
| They will switch | humma hayitfuhumma hayiTfoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِطفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) switch! | 'itfiiicTfy | إطفي |
| You(f) switch! | 'itfiiicTfy | إطفي |
| You(pl) switch! | 'itfuiicTfoo | إطفوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am switching | 'ana taafiaacnaa Taafy | أنا َ طا َفي |
| I(f) am switching | 'ana tafyaaacnaa Taafyaö | أنا َ طا َفيـَة |
| We are switching | 'ihna tafyeeniicHnaa Taafyyn | إحنا َ طا َفيين |
| You(m) are switching | 'inta taafiiicnta Taafy | إنت َ طا َفي |
| You(f) are switching | 'inti tafyaiicnti Taafyaö | إنت ِ طا َفيـَة |
| You(pl) are switching | 'intu tafyeeniicntoo Taafyyn | إنتوا طا َفيين |
| He/it(m) is switching | huwa taafihuwa Taafy | هـُو َ طا َفي |
| She/it(f) is switching | hiya tafyahiya Taafyaö | هـِي َ طا َفيـَة |
| They are switching | humma tafyeenhumma Taafyyn | هـُمّ َ طا َفيين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is | huwa matfihuwa maTfy | هـُو َ مـَطفي |
| She/it(f) is | hiya matfyahiya maTfyaö | هـِي َ مـَطفيـَة |
| They are | humma matfyeenhumma maTfyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَطفيين |
