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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'ithalaktaacnaa iicthalakt |  أنا َ إثـَلـَكت | 
| We  was | 'ihna 'ithalaknaiicHnaa iicthalaknaa |  إحنا َ إثـَلـَكنا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta 'ithalaktiicnta iicthalakt |  إنت َ إثـَلـَكت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'ithalaktiiicnti iicthalakty |  إنت ِ إثـَلـَكتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu 'ithalaktuiicntoo iicthalaktoo |  إنتوا إثـَلـَكتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa 'ithalakhuwa iicthalak |  هـُو َ إثـَلـَك | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'ithalakithiya iicthalakit |  هـِي َ إثـَلـَكـِت | 
| They  was | humma 'ithalakuhumma iicthalakoo |  هـُمّ َ إثـَلـَكوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'athilikaacnaa yimkin aacthilik |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أثـِلـِك | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nithilikiicHnaa yimkin nithilik |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin tithilikiicnta yimkin tithilik |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin tithilkiiicnti yimkin tithilky |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin tithilkuiicntoo yimkin tithilkoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yithilikhuwa yimkin yithilik |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin tithilikhiya yimkin tithilik |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلـِك | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yithilkuhumma yimkin yithilkoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـِلكوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana bathilikaacnaa bathilik |  أنا َ بـَثـِلـِك | 
| We  be | 'ihna binithilikiicHnaa binithilik |  إحنا َ بـِنـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bitithilikiicnta bitithilik |  إنت َ بـِتـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bitithilkiiicnti bitithilky |  إنت ِ بـِتـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bitithilkuiicntoo bitithilkoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyithilikhuwa biyithilik |  هـُو َ بـِيـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bitithilikhiya bitithilik |  هـِي َ بـِتـِثـِلـِك | 
| They  be | humma biyithilkuhumma biyithilkoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِثـِلكوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hathilikaacnaa hathilik |  أنا َ هـَثـِلـِك | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanithilikiicHnaa hanithilik |  إحنا َ هـَنـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatithilikiicnta hatithilik |  إنت َ هـَتـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatithilkiiicnti hatithilky |  إنت ِ هـَتـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatithilkuiicntoo hatithilkoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayithilikhuwa hayithilik |  هـُو َ هـَيـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatithilikhiya hatithilik |  هـِي َ هـَتـِثـِلـِك | 
| They will  be | humma hayithilkuhumma hayithilkoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِثـِلكوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  be! | 'ithilikiicthilik |  إثـِلـِك | 
| You(f)  be! | 'ithilikiiicthiliky |  إثـِلـِكي | 
| You(pl)  be! | 'ithilikuiicthilikoo |  إثـِلـِكوا |