Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I dropped | 'ana sa'attaacnaa saqaTt | أنا َ سـَقـَطت |
| We dropped | 'ihna sa'atnaiicHnaa saqaTnaa | إحنا َ سـَقـَطنا |
| You(m) dropped | 'inta sa'attiicnta saqaTt | إنت َ سـَقـَطت |
| You(f) dropped | 'inti sa'attiiicnti saqaTty | إنت ِ سـَقـَطتي |
| You(pl) dropped | 'intu sa'attuiicntoo saqaTtoo | إنتوا سـَقـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) dropped | huwa sa'athuwa saqaT | هـُو َ سـَقـَط |
| She/it(f) dropped | hiya sa'atithiya saqaTit | هـِي َ سـَقـَطـِت |
| They dropped | humma sa'atuhumma saqaToo | هـُمّ َ سـَقـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might drop | 'ana yimkin 'as'ataacnaa yimkin aacsqaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسقـَط |
| We might drop | 'ihna yimkin nis'atiicHnaa yimkin nisqaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسقـَط |
| You(m) might drop | 'inta yimkin tis'atiicnta yimkin tisqaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَط |
| You(f) might drop | 'inti yimkin tis'atiiicnti yimkin tisqaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) might drop | 'intu yimkin tis'atuiicntoo yimkin tisqaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might drop | huwa yimkin yis'athuwa yimkin yisqaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) might drop | hiya yimkin tis'athiya yimkin tisqaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقـَط |
| They might drop | humma yimkin yis'atuhumma yimkin yisqaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I drop | 'ana bas'ataacnaa basqaT | أنا َ بـَسقـَط |
| We drop | 'ihna binis'atiicHnaa binisqaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِسقـَط |
| You(m) drop | 'inta bitis'atiicnta bitisqaT | إنت َ بـِتـِسقـَط |
| You(f) drop | 'inti bitis'atiiicnti bitisqaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) drop | 'intu bitis'atuiicntoo bitisqaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) drops | huwa biyis'athuwa biyisqaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) drops | hiya bitis'athiya bitisqaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِسقـَط |
| They drop | humma biyis'atuhumma biyisqaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسقـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will drop | 'ana has'ataacnaa hasqaT | أنا َ هـَسقـَط |
| We will drop | 'ihna hanis'atiicHnaa hanisqaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِسقـَط |
| You(m) will drop | 'inta hatis'atiicnta hatisqaT | إنت َ هـَتـِسقـَط |
| You(f) will drop | 'inti hatis'atiiicnti hatisqaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِسقـَطي |
| You(pl) will drop | 'intu hatis'atuiicntoo hatisqaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِسقـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will drop | huwa hayis'athuwa hayisqaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِسقـَط |
| She/it(f) will drop | hiya hatis'athiya hatisqaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِسقـَط |
| They will drop | humma hayis'atuhumma hayisqaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسقـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) drop! | 'is'atiicsqaT | إسقـَط |
| You(f) drop! | 'is'atiiicsqaTy | إسقـَطي |
| You(pl) drop! | 'is'atuiicsqaToo | إسقـَطوا |
