Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hurried | 'ana middeetaacnaa middyt | أنا َ مـِدّيت |
| We hurried | 'ihna middeenaiicHnaa middynaa | إحنا َ مـِدّينا |
| You(m) hurried | 'inta middeetiicnta middyt | إنت َ مـِدّيت |
| You(f) hurried | 'inti middeetiiicnti middyty | إنت ِ مـِدّيتي |
| You(pl) hurried | 'intu middeetuiicntoo middytoo | إنتوا مـِدّيتوا |
| He/it(m) hurried | huwa middhuwa midd | هـُو َ مـِدّ |
| She/it(f) hurried | hiya middithiya middit | هـِي َ مـِدّ ِت |
| They hurried | humma midduhumma middoo | هـُمّ َ مـِدّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hurry | 'ana yimkin 'amiddaacnaa yimkin aacmidd | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمـِدّ |
| We might hurry | 'ihna yimkin nimiddiicHnaa yimkin nimidd | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمـِدّ |
| You(m) might hurry | 'inta yimkin timiddiicnta yimkin timidd | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمـِدّ |
| You(f) might hurry | 'inti yimkin timiddiiicnti yimkin timiddy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمـِدّي |
| You(pl) might hurry | 'intu yimkin timidduiicntoo yimkin timiddoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمـِدّوا |
| He/it(m) might hurry | huwa yimkin yimiddhuwa yimkin yimidd | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمـِدّ |
| She/it(f) might hurry | hiya yimkin timiddhiya yimkin timidd | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمـِدّ |
| They might hurry | humma yimkin yimidduhumma yimkin yimiddoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمـِدّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hurry | 'ana bamiddaacnaa bamidd | أنا َ بـَمـِدّ |
| We hurry | 'ihna binmiddiicHnaa binmidd | إحنا َ بـِنمـِدّ |
| You(m) hurry | 'inta bitmiddiicnta bitmidd | إنت َ بـِتمـِدّ |
| You(f) hurry | 'inti bitmiddiiicnti bitmiddy | إنت ِ بـِتمـِدّي |
| You(pl) hurry | 'intu bitmidduiicntoo bitmiddoo | إنتوا بـِتمـِدّوا |
| He/it(m) hurrys | huwa biyimiddhuwa biyimidd | هـُو َ بـِيـِمـِدّ |
| She/it(f) hurrys | hiya bitmiddhiya bitmidd | هـِي َ بـِتمـِدّ |
| They hurry | humma biyimidduhumma biyimiddoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمـِدّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hurry | 'ana hamiddaacnaa hamidd | أنا َ هـَمـِدّ |
| We will hurry | 'ihna hanmiddiicHnaa hanmidd | إحنا َ هـَنمـِدّ |
| You(m) will hurry | 'inta hatmiddiicnta hatmidd | إنت َ هـَتمـِدّ |
| You(f) will hurry | 'inti hatmiddiiicnti hatmiddy | إنت ِ هـَتمـِدّي |
| You(pl) will hurry | 'intu hatmidduiicntoo hatmiddoo | إنتوا هـَتمـِدّوا |
| He/it(m) will hurry | huwa hayimiddhuwa hayimidd | هـُو َ هـَيـِمـِدّ |
| She/it(f) will hurry | hiya hatmiddhiya hatmidd | هـِي َ هـَتمـِدّ |
| They will hurry | humma hayimidduhumma hayimiddoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمـِدّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hurry! | middmidd | مـِدّ |
| You(f) hurry! | middimiddy | مـِدّي |
| You(pl) hurry! | middumiddoo | مـِدّوا |
