Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I occupied | 'ana 'ihtalleetaacnaa iicHtallyt | أنا َ إحتـَلّيت |
| We occupied | 'ihna 'ihtalleenaiicHnaa iicHtallynaa | إحنا َ إحتـَلّينا |
| You(m) occupied | 'inta 'ihtalleetiicnta iicHtallyt | إنت َ إحتـَلّيت |
| You(f) occupied | 'inti 'ihtalleetiiicnti iicHtallyty | إنت ِ إحتـَلّيتي |
| You(pl) occupied | 'intu 'ihtalleetuiicntoo iicHtallytoo | إنتوا إحتـَلّيتوا |
| He/it(m) occupied | huwa 'ihtallhuwa iicHtall | هـُو َ إحتـَلّ |
| She/it(f) occupied | hiya 'ihtallithiya iicHtallit | هـِي َ إحتـَلّـِت |
| They occupied | humma 'ihtalluhumma iicHtalloo | هـُمّ َ إحتـَلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might occupy | 'ana yimkin 'ahtallaacnaa yimkin aacHtall | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحتـَلّ |
| We might occupy | 'ihna yimkin nihtalliicHnaa yimkin niHtall | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحتـَلّ |
| You(m) might occupy | 'inta yimkin tihtalliicnta yimkin tiHtall | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَلّ |
| You(f) might occupy | 'inti yimkin tihtalliiicnti yimkin tiHtally | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَلّي |
| You(pl) might occupy | 'intu yimkin tihtalluiicntoo yimkin tiHtalloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) might occupy | huwa yimkin yihtallhuwa yimkin yiHtall | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَلّ |
| She/it(f) might occupy | hiya yimkin tihtallhiya yimkin tiHtall | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَلّ |
| They might occupy | humma yimkin yihtalluhumma yimkin yiHtalloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I occupy | 'ana bahtallaacnaa baHtall | أنا َ بـَحتـَلّ |
| We occupy | 'ihna binihtalliicHnaa biniHtall | إحنا َ بـِنـِحتـَلّ |
| You(m) occupy | 'inta bitihtalliicnta bitiHtall | إنت َ بـِتـِحتـَلّ |
| You(f) occupy | 'inti bitihtalliiicnti bitiHtally | إنت ِ بـِتـِحتـَلّي |
| You(pl) occupy | 'intu bitihtalluiicntoo bitiHtalloo | إنتوا بـِتـِحتـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) occupys | huwa biyihtallhuwa biyiHtall | هـُو َ بـِيـِحتـَلّ |
| She/it(f) occupys | hiya bitihtallhiya bitiHtall | هـِي َ بـِتـِحتـَلّ |
| They occupy | humma biyihtalluhumma biyiHtalloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحتـَلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will occupy | 'ana hahtallaacnaa haHtall | أنا َ هـَحتـَلّ |
| We will occupy | 'ihna hanihtalliicHnaa haniHtall | إحنا َ هـَنـِحتـَلّ |
| You(m) will occupy | 'inta hatihtalliicnta hatiHtall | إنت َ هـَتـِحتـَلّ |
| You(f) will occupy | 'inti hatihtalliiicnti hatiHtally | إنت ِ هـَتـِحتـَلّي |
| You(pl) will occupy | 'intu hatihtalluiicntoo hatiHtalloo | إنتوا هـَتـِحتـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) will occupy | huwa hayihtallhuwa hayiHtall | هـُو َ هـَيـِحتـَلّ |
| She/it(f) will occupy | hiya hatihtallhiya hatiHtall | هـِي َ هـَتـِحتـَلّ |
| They will occupy | humma hayihtalluhumma hayiHtalloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحتـَلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) occupy! | 'ihtalliicHtall | إحتـَلّ |
| You(f) occupy! | 'ihtalliiicHtally | إحتـَلّي |
| You(pl) occupy! | 'ihtalluiicHtalloo | إحتـَلّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is occupied | huwa muhtallhuwa muHtall | هـُو َ مـُحتـَلّ |
| She/it(f) is occupied | hiya muhtallahiya muHtallaö | هـِي َ مـُحتـَلّـَة |
| They are occupied | humma muhtalleenhumma muHtallyn | هـُمّ َ مـُحتـَلّين |
