Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I spent | 'ana 'addeetaacnaa qaDDyt | أنا َ قـَضّيت |
| We spent | 'ihna 'addeenaiicHnaa qaDDynaa | إحنا َ قـَضّينا |
| You(m) spent | 'inta 'addeetiicnta qaDDyt | إنت َ قـَضّيت |
| You(f) spent | 'inti 'addeetiiicnti qaDDyty | إنت ِ قـَضّيتي |
| You(pl) spent | 'intu 'addeetuiicntoo qaDDytoo | إنتوا قـَضّيتوا |
| He/it(m) spent | huwa 'addahuwa qaDDY | هـُو َ قـَضّى |
| She/it(f) spent | hiya 'addithiya qaDDit | هـِي َ قـَضّـِت |
| They spent | humma 'adduhumma qaDDoo | هـُمّ َ قـَضّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might spend | 'ana yimkin 'a'addiaacnaa yimkin aacqaDDy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَضّي |
| We might spend | 'ihna yimkin ni'addiiicHnaa yimkin niqaDDy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَضّي |
| You(m) might spend | 'inta yimkin ti'addiiicnta yimkin tiqaDDy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي |
| You(f) might spend | 'inti yimkin ti'addiiicnti yimkin tiqaDDy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي |
| You(pl) might spend | 'intu yimkin ti'adduiicntoo yimkin tiqaDDoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّوا |
| He/it(m) might spend | huwa yimkin yi'addihuwa yimkin yiqaDDy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَضّي |
| She/it(f) might spend | hiya yimkin ti'addihiya yimkin tiqaDDy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي |
| They might spend | humma yimkin yi'adduhumma yimkin yiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَضّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I spend | 'ana ba'addiaacnaa baqaDDy | أنا َ بـَقـَضّي |
| We spend | 'ihna bin'addiiicHnaa binqaDDy | إحنا َ بـِنقـَضّي |
| You(m) spend | 'inta bit'addiiicnta bitqaDDy | إنت َ بـِتقـَضّي |
| You(f) spend | 'inti bit'addiiicnti bitqaDDy | إنت ِ بـِتقـَضّي |
| You(pl) spend | 'intu bit'adduiicntoo bitqaDDoo | إنتوا بـِتقـَضّوا |
| He/it(m) spends | huwa biyi'addihuwa biyiqaDDy | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَضّي |
| She/it(f) spends | hiya bit'addihiya bitqaDDy | هـِي َ بـِتقـَضّي |
| They spend | humma biyi'adduhumma biyiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَضّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will spend | 'ana ha'addiaacnaa haqaDDy | أنا َ هـَقـَضّي |
| We will spend | 'ihna han'addiiicHnaa hanqaDDy | إحنا َ هـَنقـَضّي |
| You(m) will spend | 'inta hat'addiiicnta hatqaDDy | إنت َ هـَتقـَضّي |
| You(f) will spend | 'inti hat'addiiicnti hatqaDDy | إنت ِ هـَتقـَضّي |
| You(pl) will spend | 'intu hat'adduiicntoo hatqaDDoo | إنتوا هـَتقـَضّوا |
| He/it(m) will spend | huwa hayi'addihuwa hayiqaDDy | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَضّي |
| She/it(f) will spend | hiya hat'addihiya hatqaDDy | هـِي َ هـَتقـَضّي |
| They will spend | humma hayi'adduhumma hayiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَضّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) spend! | 'addiqaDDy | قـَضّي |
| You(f) spend! | 'addiqaDDy | قـَضّي |
| You(pl) spend! | 'adduqaDDoo | قـَضّوا |
