Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I was | 'ana 'iftachartaacnaa iicftaKart | أنا َ إفتـَخـَرت |
| We was | 'ihna 'iftacharnaiicHnaa iicftaKarnaa | إحنا َ إفتـَخـَرنا |
| You(m) was | 'inta 'iftachartiicnta iicftaKart | إنت َ إفتـَخـَرت |
| You(f) was | 'inti 'iftachartiiicnti iicftaKarty | إنت ِ إفتـَخـَرتي |
| You(pl) was | 'intu 'iftachartuiicntoo iicftaKartoo | إنتوا إفتـَخـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) was | huwa 'iftacharhuwa iicftaKar | هـُو َ إفتـَخـَر |
| She/it(f) was | hiya 'iftacharithiya iicftaKarit | هـِي َ إفتـَخـَر ِت |
| They was | humma 'iftacharuhumma iicftaKaroo | هـُمّ َ إفتـَخـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might be | 'ana yimkin 'aftichiraacnaa yimkin aacftiKir | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أفتـِخـِر |
| We might be | 'ihna yimkin niftichiriicHnaa yimkin niftiKir | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(m) might be | 'inta yimkin tiftichiriicnta yimkin tiftiKir | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(f) might be | 'inti yimkin tiftichriiicnti yimkin tiftiKry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِفتـِخري |
| You(pl) might be | 'intu yimkin tiftichruiicntoo yimkin tiftiKroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِفتـِخروا |
| He/it(m) might be | huwa yimkin yiftichirhuwa yimkin yiftiKir | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِفتـِخـِر |
| She/it(f) might be | hiya yimkin tiftichirhiya yimkin tiftiKir | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِفتـِخـِر |
| They might be | humma yimkin yiftichruhumma yimkin yiftiKroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِفتـِخروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I be | 'ana baftichiraacnaa baftiKir | أنا َ بـَفتـِخـِر |
| We be | 'ihna biniftichiriicHnaa biniftiKir | إحنا َ بـِنـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(m) be | 'inta bitiftichiriicnta bitiftiKir | إنت َ بـِتـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(f) be | 'inti bitiftichriiicnti bitiftiKry | إنت ِ بـِتـِفتـِخري |
| You(pl) be | 'intu bitiftichruiicntoo bitiftiKroo | إنتوا بـِتـِفتـِخروا |
| He/it(m) bes | huwa biyiftichirhuwa biyiftiKir | هـُو َ بـِيـِفتـِخـِر |
| She/it(f) bes | hiya bitiftichirhiya bitiftiKir | هـِي َ بـِتـِفتـِخـِر |
| They be | humma biyiftichruhumma biyiftiKroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِفتـِخروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will be | 'ana haftichiraacnaa haftiKir | أنا َ هـَفتـِخـِر |
| We will be | 'ihna haniftichiriicHnaa haniftiKir | إحنا َ هـَنـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(m) will be | 'inta hatiftichiriicnta hatiftiKir | إنت َ هـَتـِفتـِخـِر |
| You(f) will be | 'inti hatiftichriiicnti hatiftiKry | إنت ِ هـَتـِفتـِخري |
| You(pl) will be | 'intu hatiftichruiicntoo hatiftiKroo | إنتوا هـَتـِفتـِخروا |
| He/it(m) will be | huwa hayiftichirhuwa hayiftiKir | هـُو َ هـَيـِفتـِخـِر |
| She/it(f) will be | hiya hatiftichirhiya hatiftiKir | هـِي َ هـَتـِفتـِخـِر |
| They will be | humma hayiftichruhumma hayiftiKroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِفتـِخروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) be! | 'iftichiriicftiKir | إفتـِخـِر |
| You(f) be! | 'iftichiriiicftiKiry | إفتـِخـِري |
| You(pl) be! | 'iftichiruiicftiKiroo | إفتـِخـِروا |
