Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I cheered | 'ana hataftaacnaa hataft | أنا َ هـَتـَفت |
| We cheered | 'ihna hatafnaiicHnaa hatafnaa | إحنا َ هـَتـَفنا |
| You(m) cheered | 'inta hataftiicnta hataft | إنت َ هـَتـَفت |
| You(f) cheered | 'inti hataftiiicnti hatafty | إنت ِ هـَتـَفتي |
| You(pl) cheered | 'intu hataftuiicntoo hataftoo | إنتوا هـَتـَفتوا |
| He/it(m) cheered | huwa hatafhuwa hataf | هـُو َ هـَتـَف |
| She/it(f) cheered | hiya hatafithiya hatafit | هـِي َ هـَتـَفـِت |
| They cheered | humma hatafuhumma hatafoo | هـُمّ َ هـَتـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might cheer | 'ana yimkin 'ahtifaacnaa yimkin aachtif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهتـِف |
| We might cheer | 'ihna yimkin nihtifiicHnaa yimkin nihtif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهتـِف |
| You(m) might cheer | 'inta yimkin tihtifiicnta yimkin tihtif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهتـِف |
| You(f) might cheer | 'inti yimkin tihtifiiicnti yimkin tihtify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهتـِفي |
| You(pl) might cheer | 'intu yimkin tihtifuiicntoo yimkin tihtifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهتـِفوا |
| He/it(m) might cheer | huwa yimkin yihtifhuwa yimkin yihtif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهتـِف |
| She/it(f) might cheer | hiya yimkin tihtifhiya yimkin tihtif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهتـِف |
| They might cheer | humma yimkin yihtifuhumma yimkin yihtifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهتـِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I cheer | 'ana bahtifaacnaa bahtif | أنا َ بـَهتـِف |
| We cheer | 'ihna binihtifiicHnaa binihtif | إحنا َ بـِنـِهتـِف |
| You(m) cheer | 'inta bitihtifiicnta bitihtif | إنت َ بـِتـِهتـِف |
| You(f) cheer | 'inti bitihtifiiicnti bitihtify | إنت ِ بـِتـِهتـِفي |
| You(pl) cheer | 'intu bitihtifuiicntoo bitihtifoo | إنتوا بـِتـِهتـِفوا |
| He/it(m) cheers | huwa biyihtifhuwa biyihtif | هـُو َ بـِيـِهتـِف |
| She/it(f) cheers | hiya bitihtifhiya bitihtif | هـِي َ بـِتـِهتـِف |
| They cheer | humma biyihtifuhumma biyihtifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهتـِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will cheer | 'ana hahtifaacnaa hahtif | أنا َ هـَهتـِف |
| We will cheer | 'ihna hanihtifiicHnaa hanihtif | إحنا َ هـَنـِهتـِف |
| You(m) will cheer | 'inta hatihtifiicnta hatihtif | إنت َ هـَتـِهتـِف |
| You(f) will cheer | 'inti hatihtifiiicnti hatihtify | إنت ِ هـَتـِهتـِفي |
| You(pl) will cheer | 'intu hatihtifuiicntoo hatihtifoo | إنتوا هـَتـِهتـِفوا |
| He/it(m) will cheer | huwa hayihtifhuwa hayihtif | هـُو َ هـَيـِهتـِف |
| She/it(f) will cheer | hiya hatihtifhiya hatihtif | هـِي َ هـَتـِهتـِف |
| They will cheer | humma hayihtifuhumma hayihtifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهتـِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) cheer! | 'ihtifiichtif | إهتـِف |
| You(f) cheer! | 'ihtifiiichtify | إهتـِفي |
| You(pl) cheer! | 'ihtifuiichtifoo | إهتـِفوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am cheering | 'ana haetifaacnaa haetif | أنا َ ها َتـِف |
| I(f) am cheering | 'ana haetifaaacnaa haetifaö | أنا َ ها َتـِفـَة |
| We are cheering | 'ihna haetifeeniicHnaa haetifyn | إحنا َ ها َتـِفين |
| You(m) are cheering | 'inta haetifiicnta haetif | إنت َ ها َتـِف |
| You(f) are cheering | 'inti haetifaiicnti haetifaö | إنت ِ ها َتـِفـَة |
| You(pl) are cheering | 'intu haetifeeniicntoo haetifyn | إنتوا ها َتـِفين |
| He/it(m) is cheering | huwa haetifhuwa haetif | هـُو َ ها َتـِف |
| She/it(f) is cheering | hiya haetifahiya haetifaö | هـِي َ ها َتـِفـَة |
| They are cheering | humma haetifeenhumma haetifyn | هـُمّ َ ها َتـِفين |
