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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  held | 'ana misiktaacnaa misikt | أنا َ مـِسـِكت | 
| We  held | 'ihna misiknaiicHnaa misiknaa | إحنا َ مـِسـِكنا | 
| You(m)  held | 'inta misiktiicnta misikt | إنت َ مـِسـِكت | 
| You(f)  held | 'inti misiktiiicnti misikty | إنت ِ مـِسـِكتي | 
| You(pl)  held | 'intu misiktuiicntoo misiktoo | إنتوا مـِسـِكتوا | 
| He/it(m)  held | huwa misikhuwa misik | هـُو َ مـِسـِك | 
| She/it(f)  held | hiya miskithiya miskit | هـِي َ مـِسكـِت | 
| They  held | humma miskuhumma miskoo | هـُمّ َ مـِسكوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  hold | 'ana yimkin 'amsikaacnaa yimkin aacmsik | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمسـِك | 
| We might  hold | 'ihna yimkin nimsikiicHnaa yimkin nimsik | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمسـِك | 
| You(m) might  hold | 'inta yimkin timsikiicnta yimkin timsik | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمسـِك | 
| You(f) might  hold | 'inti yimkin timsikiiicnti yimkin timsiky | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمسـِكي | 
| You(pl) might  hold | 'intu yimkin timsikuiicntoo yimkin timsikoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمسـِكوا | 
| He/it(m) might  hold | huwa yimkin yimsikhuwa yimkin yimsik | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمسـِك | 
| She/it(f) might  hold | hiya yimkin timsikhiya yimkin timsik | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمسـِك | 
| They might  hold | humma yimkin yimsikuhumma yimkin yimsikoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمسـِكوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  hold | 'ana bamsikaacnaa bamsik | أنا َ بـَمسـِك | 
| We  hold | 'ihna binimsikiicHnaa binimsik | إحنا َ بـِنـِمسـِك | 
| You(m)  hold | 'inta bitimsikiicnta bitimsik | إنت َ بـِتـِمسـِك | 
| You(f)  hold | 'inti bitimsikiiicnti bitimsiky | إنت ِ بـِتـِمسـِكي | 
| You(pl)  hold | 'intu bitimsikuiicntoo bitimsikoo | إنتوا بـِتـِمسـِكوا | 
| He/it(m)  holds | huwa biyimsikhuwa biyimsik | هـُو َ بـِيـِمسـِك | 
| She/it(f)  holds | hiya bitimsikhiya bitimsik | هـِي َ بـِتـِمسـِك | 
| They  hold | humma biyimsikuhumma biyimsikoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمسـِكوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  hold | 'ana hamsikaacnaa hamsik | أنا َ هـَمسـِك | 
| We will  hold | 'ihna hanimsikiicHnaa hanimsik | إحنا َ هـَنـِمسـِك | 
| You(m) will  hold | 'inta hatimsikiicnta hatimsik | إنت َ هـَتـِمسـِك | 
| You(f) will  hold | 'inti hatimsikiiicnti hatimsiky | إنت ِ هـَتـِمسـِكي | 
| You(pl) will  hold | 'intu hatimsikuiicntoo hatimsikoo | إنتوا هـَتـِمسـِكوا | 
| He/it(m) will  hold | huwa hayimsikhuwa hayimsik | هـُو َ هـَيـِمسـِك | 
| She/it(f) will  hold | hiya hatimsikhiya hatimsik | هـِي َ هـَتـِمسـِك | 
| They will  hold | humma hayimsikuhumma hayimsikoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمسـِكوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  hold! | 'imsikiicmsik | إمسـِك | 
| You(f)  hold! | 'imsikiiicmsiky | إمسـِكي | 
| You(pl)  hold! | 'imsikuiicmsikoo | إمسـِكوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  holding | 'ana maasikaacnaa maasik | أنا َ ما َسـِك | 
| I(f) am  holding | 'ana maasikaaacnaa maasikaö | أنا َ ما َسـِكـَة | 
| We are  holding | 'ihna maasikeeniicHnaa maasikyn | إحنا َ ما َسـِكين | 
| You(m) are  holding | 'inta maasikiicnta maasik | إنت َ ما َسـِك | 
| You(f) are  holding | 'inti maasikaiicnti maasikaö | إنت ِ ما َسـِكـَة | 
| You(pl) are  holding | 'intu maasikeeniicntoo maasikyn | إنتوا ما َسـِكين | 
| He/it(m) is  holding | huwa maasikhuwa maasik | هـُو َ ما َسـِك | 
| She/it(f) is  holding | hiya maasikahiya maasikaö | هـِي َ ما َسـِكـَة | 
| They are  holding | humma maasikeenhumma maasikyn | هـُمّ َ ما َسـِكين | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  held | huwa mamsookhuwa mamswk | هـُو َ مـَمسوك | 
| She/it(f) is  held | hiya mamsookahiya mamswkaö | هـِي َ مـَمسوكـَة | 
| They are  held | humma mamsookeenhumma mamswkyn | هـُمّ َ مـَمسوكين |