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