Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I answered | 'ana raddeetaacnaa raddyt | أنا َ ر َدّيت |
| We answered | 'ihna raddeenaiicHnaa raddynaa | إحنا َ ر َدّينا |
| You(m) answered | 'inta raddeetiicnta raddyt | إنت َ ر َدّيت |
| You(f) answered | 'inti raddeetiiicnti raddyty | إنت ِ ر َدّيتي |
| You(pl) answered | 'intu raddeetuiicntoo raddytoo | إنتوا ر َدّيتوا |
| He/it(m) answered | huwa raddhuwa radd | هـُو َ ر َدّ |
| She/it(f) answered | hiya raddithiya raddit | هـِي َ ر َدّ ِت |
| They answered | humma radduhumma raddoo | هـُمّ َ ر َدّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might answer | 'ana yimkin 'aruddaacnaa yimkin aacrudd | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أر ُدّ |
| We might answer | 'ihna yimkin niruddiicHnaa yimkin nirudd | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِر ُدّ |
| You(m) might answer | 'inta yimkin tiruddiicnta yimkin tirudd | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِر ُدّ |
| You(f) might answer | 'inti yimkin tiruddiiicnti yimkin tiruddy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِر ُدّي |
| You(pl) might answer | 'intu yimkin tirudduiicntoo yimkin tiruddoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِر ُدّوا |
| He/it(m) might answer | huwa yimkin yiruddhuwa yimkin yirudd | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِر ُدّ |
| She/it(f) might answer | hiya yimkin tiruddhiya yimkin tirudd | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِر ُدّ |
| They might answer | humma yimkin yirudduhumma yimkin yiruddoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِر ُدّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I answer | 'ana baruddaacnaa barudd | أنا َ بـَر ُدّ |
| We answer | 'ihna binruddiicHnaa binrudd | إحنا َ بـِنر ُدّ |
| You(m) answer | 'inta bitruddiicnta bitrudd | إنت َ بـِتر ُدّ |
| You(f) answer | 'inti bitruddiiicnti bitruddy | إنت ِ بـِتر ُدّي |
| You(pl) answer | 'intu bitrudduiicntoo bitruddoo | إنتوا بـِتر ُدّوا |
| He/it(m) answers | huwa biyiruddhuwa biyirudd | هـُو َ بـِيـِر ُدّ |
| She/it(f) answers | hiya bitruddhiya bitrudd | هـِي َ بـِتر ُدّ |
| They answer | humma biyirudduhumma biyiruddoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِر ُدّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will answer | 'ana haruddaacnaa harudd | أنا َ هـَر ُدّ |
| We will answer | 'ihna hanruddiicHnaa hanrudd | إحنا َ هـَنر ُدّ |
| You(m) will answer | 'inta hatruddiicnta hatrudd | إنت َ هـَتر ُدّ |
| You(f) will answer | 'inti hatruddiiicnti hatruddy | إنت ِ هـَتر ُدّي |
| You(pl) will answer | 'intu hatrudduiicntoo hatruddoo | إنتوا هـَتر ُدّوا |
| He/it(m) will answer | huwa hayiruddhuwa hayirudd | هـُو َ هـَيـِر ُدّ |
| She/it(f) will answer | hiya hatruddhiya hatrudd | هـِي َ هـَتر ُدّ |
| They will answer | humma hayirudduhumma hayiruddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِر ُدّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) answer! | 'iruddiicrudd | إر ُدّ |
| You(f) answer! | 'iruddiiicruddy | إر ُدّي |
| You(pl) answer! | 'irudduiicruddoo | إر ُدّوا |
