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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  stapled | 'ana dabbistaacnaa dabbist |  أنا َ د َبّـِست | 
| We  stapled | 'ihna dabbisnaiicHnaa dabbisnaa |  إحنا َ د َبّـِسنا | 
| You(m)  stapled | 'inta dabbistiicnta dabbist |  إنت َ د َبّـِست | 
| You(f)  stapled | 'inti dabbistiiicnti dabbisty |  إنت ِ د َبّـِستي | 
| You(pl)  stapled | 'intu dabbistuiicntoo dabbistoo |  إنتوا د َبّـِستوا | 
| He/it(m)  stapled | huwa dabbishuwa dabbis |  هـُو َ د َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f)  stapled | hiya dabbisithiya dabbisit |  هـِي َ د َبّـِسـِت | 
| They  stapled | humma dabbisuhumma dabbisoo |  هـُمّ َ د َبّـِسوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  staple | 'ana yimkin 'adabbisaacnaa yimkin aacdabbis |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َبّـِس | 
| We might  staple | 'ihna yimkin nidabbisiicHnaa yimkin nidabbis |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َبّـِس | 
| You(m) might  staple | 'inta yimkin tidabbisiicnta yimkin tidabbis |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس | 
| You(f) might  staple | 'inti yimkin tidabbisiiicnti yimkin tidabbisy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl) might  staple | 'intu yimkin tidabbisuiicntoo yimkin tidabbisoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m) might  staple | huwa yimkin yidabbishuwa yimkin yidabbis |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) might  staple | hiya yimkin tidabbishiya yimkin tidabbis |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس | 
| They might  staple | humma yimkin yidabbisuhumma yimkin yidabbisoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  staple | 'ana badabbisaacnaa badabbis |  أنا َ بـَد َبّـِس | 
| We  staple | 'ihna bindabbisiicHnaa bindabbis |  إحنا َ بـِند َبّـِس | 
| You(m)  staple | 'inta bitdabbisiicnta bitdabbis |  إنت َ بـِتد َبّـِس | 
| You(f)  staple | 'inti bitdabbisiiicnti bitdabbisy |  إنت ِ بـِتد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl)  staple | 'intu bitdabbisuiicntoo bitdabbisoo |  إنتوا بـِتد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m)  staples | huwa biyidabbishuwa biyidabbis |  هـُو َ بـِيـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f)  staples | hiya bitdabbishiya bitdabbis |  هـِي َ بـِتد َبّـِس | 
| They  staple | humma biyidabbisuhumma biyidabbisoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  staple | 'ana hadabbisaacnaa hadabbis |  أنا َ هـَد َبّـِس | 
| We will  staple | 'ihna handabbisiicHnaa handabbis |  إحنا َ هـَند َبّـِس | 
| You(m) will  staple | 'inta hatdabbisiicnta hatdabbis |  إنت َ هـَتد َبّـِس | 
| You(f) will  staple | 'inti hatdabbisiiicnti hatdabbisy |  إنت ِ هـَتد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl) will  staple | 'intu hatdabbisuiicntoo hatdabbisoo |  إنتوا هـَتد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m) will  staple | huwa hayidabbishuwa hayidabbis |  هـُو َ هـَيـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) will  staple | hiya hatdabbishiya hatdabbis |  هـِي َ هـَتد َبّـِس | 
| They will  staple | humma hayidabbisuhumma hayidabbisoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  staple! | dabbisdabbis |  د َبّـِس | 
| You(f)  staple! | dabbisidabbisy |  د َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl)  staple! | dabbisudabbisoo |  د َبّـِسوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  stapled | huwa mudabbishuwa mudabbis |  هـُو َ مـُد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) is  stapled | hiya mudabbisahiya mudabbisaö |  هـِي َ مـُد َبّـِسـَة | 
| They are  stapled | humma mudabbiseenhumma mudabbisyn |  هـُمّ َ مـُد َبّـِسين |