Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I honoured | 'ana karramtaacnaa karramt | أنا َ كـَرّ َمت |
| We honoured | 'ihna karramnaiicHnaa karramnaa | إحنا َ كـَرّ َمنا |
| You(m) honoured | 'inta karramtiicnta karramt | إنت َ كـَرّ َمت |
| You(f) honoured | 'inti karramtiiicnti karramty | إنت ِ كـَرّ َمتي |
| You(pl) honoured | 'intu karramtuiicntoo karramtoo | إنتوا كـَرّ َمتوا |
| He/it(m) honoured | huwa karramhuwa karram | هـُو َ كـَرّ َم |
| She/it(f) honoured | hiya karramithiya karramit | هـِي َ كـَرّ َمـِت |
| They honoured | humma karramuhumma karramoo | هـُمّ َ كـَرّ َموا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might honour | 'ana yimkin 'akarramaacnaa yimkin aackarram | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكـَرّ َم |
| We might honour | 'ihna yimkin nikarramiicHnaa yimkin nikarram | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(m) might honour | 'inta yimkin tikarramiicnta yimkin tikarram | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(f) might honour | 'inti yimkin tikarramiiicnti yimkin tikarramy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَرّ َمي |
| You(pl) might honour | 'intu yimkin tikarramuiicntoo yimkin tikarramoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكـَرّ َموا |
| He/it(m) might honour | huwa yimkin yikarramhuwa yimkin yikarram | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَرّ َم |
| She/it(f) might honour | hiya yimkin tikarramhiya yimkin tikarram | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَرّ َم |
| They might honour | humma yimkin yikarramuhumma yimkin yikarramoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَرّ َموا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I honour | 'ana bakarramaacnaa bakarram | أنا َ بـَكـَرّ َم |
| We honour | 'ihna binikarramiicHnaa binikarram | إحنا َ بـِنـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(m) honour | 'inta bitikarramiicnta bitikarram | إنت َ بـِتـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(f) honour | 'inti bitikarramiiicnti bitikarramy | إنت ِ بـِتـِكـَرّ َمي |
| You(pl) honour | 'intu bitikarramuiicntoo bitikarramoo | إنتوا بـِتـِكـَرّ َموا |
| He/it(m) honours | huwa biyikarramhuwa biyikarram | هـُو َ بـِيـِكـَرّ َم |
| She/it(f) honours | hiya bitikarramhiya bitikarram | هـِي َ بـِتـِكـَرّ َم |
| They honour | humma biyikarramuhumma biyikarramoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكـَرّ َموا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will honour | 'ana hakarramaacnaa hakarram | أنا َ هـَكـَرّ َم |
| We will honour | 'ihna hanikarramiicHnaa hanikarram | إحنا َ هـَنـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(m) will honour | 'inta hatikarramiicnta hatikarram | إنت َ هـَتـِكـَرّ َم |
| You(f) will honour | 'inti hatikarramiiicnti hatikarramy | إنت ِ هـَتـِكـَرّ َمي |
| You(pl) will honour | 'intu hatikarramuiicntoo hatikarramoo | إنتوا هـَتـِكـَرّ َموا |
| He/it(m) will honour | huwa hayikarramhuwa hayikarram | هـُو َ هـَيـِكـَرّ َم |
| She/it(f) will honour | hiya hatikarramhiya hatikarram | هـِي َ هـَتـِكـَرّ َم |
| They will honour | humma hayikarramuhumma hayikarramoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكـَرّ َموا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) honour! | 'ikramiickram | إكر َم |
| You(f) honour! | 'ikramiiickramy | إكر َمي |
| You(pl) honour! | ikramuikramoo | ِكر َموا |
