Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I dressed | 'ana labbistaacnaa labbist | أنا َ لـَبّـِست |
| We dressed | 'ihna labbisnaiicHnaa labbisnaa | إحنا َ لـَبّـِسنا |
| You(m) dressed | 'inta labbistiicnta labbist | إنت َ لـَبّـِست |
| You(f) dressed | 'inti labbistiiicnti labbisty | إنت ِ لـَبّـِستي |
| You(pl) dressed | 'intu labbistuiicntoo labbistoo | إنتوا لـَبّـِستوا |
| He/it(m) dressed | huwa labbishuwa labbis | هـُو َ لـَبّـِس |
| She/it(f) dressed | hiya labbisithiya labbisit | هـِي َ لـَبّـِسـِت |
| They dressed | humma labbisuhumma labbisoo | هـُمّ َ لـَبّـِسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might dress | 'ana yimkin 'alabbisaacnaa yimkin aaclabbis | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـَبّـِس |
| We might dress | 'ihna yimkin nilabbisiicHnaa yimkin nilabbis | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـَبّـِس |
| You(m) might dress | 'inta yimkin tilabbisiicnta yimkin tilabbis | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَبّـِس |
| You(f) might dress | 'inti yimkin tilabbisiiicnti yimkin tilabbisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَبّـِسي |
| You(pl) might dress | 'intu yimkin tilabbisuiicntoo yimkin tilabbisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـَبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) might dress | huwa yimkin yilabbishuwa yimkin yilabbis | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَبّـِس |
| She/it(f) might dress | hiya yimkin tilabbishiya yimkin tilabbis | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَبّـِس |
| They might dress | humma yimkin yilabbisuhumma yimkin yilabbisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَبّـِسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I dress | 'ana balabbisaacnaa balabbis | أنا َ بـَلـَبّـِس |
| We dress | 'ihna binlabbisiicHnaa binlabbis | إحنا َ بـِنلـَبّـِس |
| You(m) dress | 'inta bitlabbisiicnta bitlabbis | إنت َ بـِتلـَبّـِس |
| You(f) dress | 'inti bitlabbisiiicnti bitlabbisy | إنت ِ بـِتلـَبّـِسي |
| You(pl) dress | 'intu bitlabbisuiicntoo bitlabbisoo | إنتوا بـِتلـَبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) dresss | huwa biyilabbishuwa biyilabbis | هـُو َ بـِيـِلـَبّـِس |
| She/it(f) dresss | hiya bitlabbishiya bitlabbis | هـِي َ بـِتلـَبّـِس |
| They dress | humma biyilabbisuhumma biyilabbisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـَبّـِسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will dress | 'ana halabbisaacnaa halabbis | أنا َ هـَلـَبّـِس |
| We will dress | 'ihna hanlabbisiicHnaa hanlabbis | إحنا َ هـَنلـَبّـِس |
| You(m) will dress | 'inta hatlabbisiicnta hatlabbis | إنت َ هـَتلـَبّـِس |
| You(f) will dress | 'inti hatlabbisiiicnti hatlabbisy | إنت ِ هـَتلـَبّـِسي |
| You(pl) will dress | 'intu hatlabbisuiicntoo hatlabbisoo | إنتوا هـَتلـَبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) will dress | huwa hayilabbishuwa hayilabbis | هـُو َ هـَيـِلـَبّـِس |
| She/it(f) will dress | hiya hatlabbishiya hatlabbis | هـِي َ هـَتلـَبّـِس |
| They will dress | humma hayilabbisuhumma hayilabbisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـَبّـِسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) dress! | labbislabbis | لـَبّـِس |
| You(f) dress! | labbisilabbisy | لـَبّـِسي |
| You(pl) dress! | labbisulabbisoo | لـَبّـِسوا |
