Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I marched | 'ana seertaacnaa syrt | أنا َ سيرت |
| We marched | 'ihna seernaiicHnaa syrnaa | إحنا َ سيرنا |
| You(m) marched | 'inta seertiicnta syrt | إنت َ سيرت |
| You(f) marched | 'inti seertiiicnti syrty | إنت ِ سيرتي |
| You(pl) marched | 'intu seertuiicntoo syrtoo | إنتوا سيرتوا |
| He/it(m) marched | huwa saarhuwa saar | هـُو َ سا َر |
| She/it(f) marched | hiya saarithiya saarit | هـِي َ سا َر ِت |
| They marched | humma saruhumma saaroo | هـُمّ َ سا َروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might march | 'ana yimkin 'aseeraacnaa yimkin aacsyr | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسير |
| We might march | 'ihna yimkin niseeriicHnaa yimkin nisyr | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسير |
| You(m) might march | 'inta yimkin tiseeriicnta yimkin tisyr | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسير |
| You(f) might march | 'inti yimkin tiseeriiicnti yimkin tisyry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسيري |
| You(pl) might march | 'intu yimkin tiseeruiicntoo yimkin tisyroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسيروا |
| He/it(m) might march | huwa yimkin yiseerhuwa yimkin yisyr | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسير |
| She/it(f) might march | hiya yimkin tiseerhiya yimkin tisyr | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسير |
| They might march | humma yimkin yiseeruhumma yimkin yisyroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسيروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I march | 'ana baseeraacnaa basyr | أنا َ بـَسير |
| We march | 'ihna binseeriicHnaa binsyr | إحنا َ بـِنسير |
| You(m) march | 'inta bitseeriicnta bitsyr | إنت َ بـِتسير |
| You(f) march | 'inti bitseeriiicnti bitsyry | إنت ِ بـِتسيري |
| You(pl) march | 'intu bitseeruiicntoo bitsyroo | إنتوا بـِتسيروا |
| He/it(m) marchs | huwa biyiseerhuwa biyisyr | هـُو َ بـِيـِسير |
| She/it(f) marchs | hiya bitseerhiya bitsyr | هـِي َ بـِتسير |
| They march | humma biyiseeruhumma biyisyroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسيروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will march | 'ana haseeraacnaa hasyr | أنا َ هـَسير |
| We will march | 'ihna hanseeriicHnaa hansyr | إحنا َ هـَنسير |
| You(m) will march | 'inta hatseeriicnta hatsyr | إنت َ هـَتسير |
| You(f) will march | 'inti hatseeriiicnti hatsyry | إنت ِ هـَتسيري |
| You(pl) will march | 'intu hatseeruiicntoo hatsyroo | إنتوا هـَتسيروا |
| He/it(m) will march | huwa hayiseerhuwa hayisyr | هـُو َ هـَيـِسير |
| She/it(f) will march | hiya hatseerhiya hatsyr | هـِي َ هـَتسير |
| They will march | humma hayiseeruhumma hayisyroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسيروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) march! | seersyr | سير |
| You(f) march! | seerisyry | سيري |
| You(pl) march! | seerusyroo | سيروا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am marching | 'ana saeyiraacnaa saeyir | أنا َ سا َيـِر |
| I(f) am marching | 'ana saeyiraaacnaa saeyiraö | أنا َ سا َيـِر َة |
| We are marching | 'ihna saeyireeniicHnaa saeyiryn | إحنا َ سا َيـِرين |
| You(m) are marching | 'inta saeyiriicnta saeyir | إنت َ سا َيـِر |
| You(f) are marching | 'inti saeyiraiicnti saeyiraö | إنت ِ سا َيـِر َة |
| You(pl) are marching | 'intu saeyireeniicntoo saeyiryn | إنتوا سا َيـِرين |
| He/it(m) is marching | huwa saeyirhuwa saeyir | هـُو َ سا َيـِر |
| She/it(f) is marching | hiya saeyirahiya saeyiraö | هـِي َ سا َيـِر َة |
| They are marching | humma saeyireenhumma saeyiryn | هـُمّ َ سا َيـِرين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is marched | huwa mitsaarhuwa mitsaar | هـُو َ مـِتسا َر |
| She/it(f) is marched | hiya mitsaarahiya mitsaaraö | هـِي َ مـِتسا َر َة |
| They are marched | humma mitsareenhumma mitsaaryn | هـُمّ َ مـِتسا َرين |
