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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  measured | 'ana 'eestaacnaa qyst |  أنا َ قيست | 
| We  measured | 'ihna 'eesnaiicHnaa qysnaa |  إحنا َ قيسنا | 
| You(m)  measured | 'inta 'eestiicnta qyst |  إنت َ قيست | 
| You(f)  measured | 'inti 'eestiiicnti qysty |  إنت ِ قيستي | 
| You(pl)  measured | 'intu 'eestuiicntoo qystoo |  إنتوا قيستوا | 
| He/it(m)  measured | huwa 'aeshuwa qaes |  هـُو َ قا َس | 
| She/it(f)  measured | hiya 'aesithiya qaesit |  هـِي َ قا َسـِت | 
| They  measured | humma 'asuhumma qaesoo |  هـُمّ َ قا َسوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  measure | 'ana yimkin 'a'eesaacnaa yimkin aacqys |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقيس | 
| We might  measure | 'ihna yimkin ni'eesiicHnaa yimkin niqys |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقيس | 
| You(m) might  measure | 'inta yimkin ti'eesiicnta yimkin tiqys |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس | 
| You(f) might  measure | 'inti yimkin ti'eesiiicnti yimkin tiqysy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقيسي | 
| You(pl) might  measure | 'intu yimkin ti'eesuiicntoo yimkin tiqysoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقيسوا | 
| He/it(m) might  measure | huwa yimkin yi'eeshuwa yimkin yiqys |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيس | 
| She/it(f) might  measure | hiya yimkin ti'eeshiya yimkin tiqys |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس | 
| They might  measure | humma yimkin yi'eesuhumma yimkin yiqysoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيسوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  measure | 'ana ba'eesaacnaa baqys |  أنا َ بـَقيس | 
| We  measure | 'ihna bin'eesiicHnaa binqys |  إحنا َ بـِنقيس | 
| You(m)  measure | 'inta bit'eesiicnta bitqys |  إنت َ بـِتقيس | 
| You(f)  measure | 'inti bit'eesiiicnti bitqysy |  إنت ِ بـِتقيسي | 
| You(pl)  measure | 'intu bit'eesuiicntoo bitqysoo |  إنتوا بـِتقيسوا | 
| He/it(m)  measures | huwa biyi'eeshuwa biyiqys |  هـُو َ بـِيـِقيس | 
| She/it(f)  measures | hiya bit'eeshiya bitqys |  هـِي َ بـِتقيس | 
| They  measure | humma biyi'eesuhumma biyiqysoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقيسوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  measure | 'ana ha'eesaacnaa haqys |  أنا َ هـَقيس | 
| We will  measure | 'ihna han'eesiicHnaa hanqys |  إحنا َ هـَنقيس | 
| You(m) will  measure | 'inta hat'eesiicnta hatqys |  إنت َ هـَتقيس | 
| You(f) will  measure | 'inti hat'eesiiicnti hatqysy |  إنت ِ هـَتقيسي | 
| You(pl) will  measure | 'intu hat'eesuiicntoo hatqysoo |  إنتوا هـَتقيسوا | 
| He/it(m) will  measure | huwa hayi'eeshuwa hayiqys |  هـُو َ هـَيـِقيس | 
| She/it(f) will  measure | hiya hat'eeshiya hatqys |  هـِي َ هـَتقيس | 
| They will  measure | humma hayi'eesuhumma hayiqysoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقيسوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  measure! | 'eesqys |  قيس | 
| You(f)  measure! | 'eesiqysy |  قيسي | 
| You(pl)  measure! | 'eesuqysoo |  قيسوا |