Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I trained | 'ana darrabtaacnaa darrabt | أنا َ د َرّ َبت |
| We trained | 'ihna darrabnaiicHnaa darrabnaa | إحنا َ د َرّ َبنا |
| You(m) trained | 'inta darrabtiicnta darrabt | إنت َ د َرّ َبت |
| You(f) trained | 'inti darrabtiiicnti darrabty | إنت ِ د َرّ َبتي |
| You(pl) trained | 'intu darrabtuiicntoo darrabtoo | إنتوا د َرّ َبتوا |
| He/it(m) trained | huwa darrabhuwa darrab | هـُو َ د َرّ َب |
| She/it(f) trained | hiya darrabithiya darrabit | هـِي َ د َرّ َبـِت |
| They trained | humma darrabuhumma darraboo | هـُمّ َ د َرّ َبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might train | 'ana yimkin 'adarrabaacnaa yimkin aacdarrab | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َرّ َب |
| We might train | 'ihna yimkin nidarrabiicHnaa yimkin nidarrab | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َرّ َب |
| You(m) might train | 'inta yimkin tidarrabiicnta yimkin tidarrab | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ َب |
| You(f) might train | 'inti yimkin tidarrabiiicnti yimkin tidarraby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ َبي |
| You(pl) might train | 'intu yimkin tidarrabuiicntoo yimkin tidarraboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ َبوا |
| He/it(m) might train | huwa yimkin yidarrabhuwa yimkin yidarrab | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َرّ َب |
| She/it(f) might train | hiya yimkin tidarrabhiya yimkin tidarrab | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َرّ َب |
| They might train | humma yimkin yidarrabuhumma yimkin yidarraboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َرّ َبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I train | 'ana badarrabaacnaa badarrab | أنا َ بـَد َرّ َب |
| We train | 'ihna binidarrabiicHnaa binidarrab | إحنا َ بـِنـِد َرّ َب |
| You(m) train | 'inta bitidarrabiicnta bitidarrab | إنت َ بـِتـِد َرّ َب |
| You(f) train | 'inti bitidarrabiiicnti bitidarraby | إنت ِ بـِتـِد َرّ َبي |
| You(pl) train | 'intu bitidarrabuiicntoo bitidarraboo | إنتوا بـِتـِد َرّ َبوا |
| He/it(m) trains | huwa biyidarrabhuwa biyidarrab | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َرّ َب |
| She/it(f) trains | hiya bitidarrabhiya bitidarrab | هـِي َ بـِتـِد َرّ َب |
| They train | humma biyidarrabuhumma biyidarraboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َرّ َبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will train | 'ana hadarrabaacnaa hadarrab | أنا َ هـَد َرّ َب |
| We will train | 'ihna hanidarrabiicHnaa hanidarrab | إحنا َ هـَنـِد َرّ َب |
| You(m) will train | 'inta hatidarrabiicnta hatidarrab | إنت َ هـَتـِد َرّ َب |
| You(f) will train | 'inti hatidarrabiiicnti hatidarraby | إنت ِ هـَتـِد َرّ َبي |
| You(pl) will train | 'intu hatidarrabuiicntoo hatidarraboo | إنتوا هـَتـِد َرّ َبوا |
| He/it(m) will train | huwa hayidarrabhuwa hayidarrab | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َرّ َب |
| She/it(f) will train | hiya hatidarrabhiya hatidarrab | هـِي َ هـَتـِد َرّ َب |
| They will train | humma hayidarrabuhumma hayidarraboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َرّ َبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) train! | 'idrabiicdrab | إدر َب |
| You(f) train! | 'idrabiiicdraby | إدر َبي |
| You(pl) train! | idrabuidraboo | ِدر َبوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is trained | huwa mudarribhuwa mudarrib | هـُو َ مـُد َرّ ِب |
| She/it(f) is trained | hiya mudarribahiya mudarribaö | هـِي َ مـُد َرّ ِبـَة |
| They are trained | humma mudarribeenhumma mudarribyn | هـُمّ َ مـُد َرّ ِبين |
