Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I read | 'ana 'areetaacnaa qaryt | أنا َ قـَريت |
| We read | 'ihna 'areenaiicHnaa qarynaa | إحنا َ قـَرينا |
| You(m) read | 'inta 'areetiicnta qaryt | إنت َ قـَريت |
| You(f) read | 'inti 'areetiiicnti qaryty | إنت ِ قـَريتي |
| You(pl) read | 'intu 'areetuiicntoo qarytoo | إنتوا قـَريتوا |
| He/it(m) read | huwa 'arahuwa qaraa | هـُو َ قـَرا |
| She/it(f) read | hiya 'arithiya qarit | هـِي َ قـَر ِت |
| They read | humma 'aruhumma qaroo | هـُمّ َ قـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might read | 'ana yimkin 'a'raaacnaa yimkin aacqraa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقرا |
| We might read | 'ihna yimkin ni'raiicHnaa yimkin niqraa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقرا |
| You(m) might read | 'inta yimkin ti'raiicnta yimkin tiqraa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقرا |
| You(f) might read | 'inti yimkin ti'riiicnti yimkin tiqry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقري |
| You(pl) might read | 'intu yimkin ti'ruiicntoo yimkin tiqroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقروا |
| He/it(m) might read | huwa yimkin yi'rahuwa yimkin yiqraa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقرا |
| She/it(f) might read | hiya yimkin ti'rahiya yimkin tiqraa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقرا |
| They might read | humma yimkin yi'ruhumma yimkin yiqroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I read | 'ana ba'raaacnaa baqraa | أنا َ بـَقرا |
| We read | 'ihna bini'raiicHnaa biniqraa | إحنا َ بـِنـِقرا |
| You(m) read | 'inta biti'raiicnta bitiqraa | إنت َ بـِتـِقرا |
| You(f) read | 'inti biti'riiicnti bitiqry | إنت ِ بـِتـِقري |
| You(pl) read | 'intu biti'ruiicntoo bitiqroo | إنتوا بـِتـِقروا |
| He/it(m) reads | huwa biyi'rahuwa biyiqraa | هـُو َ بـِيـِقرا |
| She/it(f) reads | hiya biti'rahiya bitiqraa | هـِي َ بـِتـِقرا |
| They read | humma biyi'ruhumma biyiqroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will read | 'ana ha'raaacnaa haqraa | أنا َ هـَقرا |
| We will read | 'ihna hani'raiicHnaa haniqraa | إحنا َ هـَنـِقرا |
| You(m) will read | 'inta hati'raiicnta hatiqraa | إنت َ هـَتـِقرا |
| You(f) will read | 'inti hati'riiicnti hatiqry | إنت ِ هـَتـِقري |
| You(pl) will read | 'intu hati'ruiicntoo hatiqroo | إنتوا هـَتـِقروا |
| He/it(m) will read | huwa hayi'rahuwa hayiqraa | هـُو َ هـَيـِقرا |
| She/it(f) will read | hiya hati'rahiya hatiqraa | هـِي َ هـَتـِقرا |
| They will read | humma hayi'ruhumma hayiqroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) read! | 'i'raiicqraa | إقرا |
| You(f) read! | 'i'riiicqry | إقري |
| You(pl) read! | 'i'ruiicqroo | إقروا |
