Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I stayed | 'ana sahartaacnaa sahart | أنا َ سـَهـَرت |
| We stayed | 'ihna saharnaiicHnaa saharnaa | إحنا َ سـَهـَرنا |
| You(m) stayed | 'inta sahartiicnta sahart | إنت َ سـَهـَرت |
| You(f) stayed | 'inti sahartiiicnti saharty | إنت ِ سـَهـَرتي |
| You(pl) stayed | 'intu sahartuiicntoo sahartoo | إنتوا سـَهـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) stayed | huwa saharhuwa sahar | هـُو َ سـَهـَر |
| She/it(f) stayed | hiya saharithiya saharit | هـِي َ سـَهـَر ِت |
| They stayed | humma saharuhumma saharoo | هـُمّ َ سـَهـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might stay | 'ana yimkin 'asharaacnaa yimkin aacshar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشـَر |
| We might stay | 'ihna yimkin nishariicHnaa yimkin nishar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشـَر |
| You(m) might stay | 'inta yimkin tishariicnta yimkin tishar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَر |
| You(f) might stay | 'inti yimkin tishariiicnti yimkin tishary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَري |
| You(pl) might stay | 'intu yimkin tisharuiicntoo yimkin tisharoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشـَروا |
| He/it(m) might stay | huwa yimkin yisharhuwa yimkin yishar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَر |
| She/it(f) might stay | hiya yimkin tisharhiya yimkin tishar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَر |
| They might stay | humma yimkin yisharuhumma yimkin yisharoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I stay | 'ana basharaacnaa bashar | أنا َ بـَشـَر |
| We stay | 'ihna binishariicHnaa binishar | إحنا َ بـِنـِشـَر |
| You(m) stay | 'inta bitishariicnta bitishar | إنت َ بـِتـِشـَر |
| You(f) stay | 'inti bitishariiicnti bitishary | إنت ِ بـِتـِشـَري |
| You(pl) stay | 'intu bitisharuiicntoo bitisharoo | إنتوا بـِتـِشـَروا |
| He/it(m) stays | huwa biyisharhuwa biyishar | هـُو َ بـِيـِشـَر |
| She/it(f) stays | hiya bitisharhiya bitishar | هـِي َ بـِتـِشـَر |
| They stay | humma biyisharuhumma biyisharoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will stay | 'ana hasharaacnaa hashar | أنا َ هـَشـَر |
| We will stay | 'ihna hanishariicHnaa hanishar | إحنا َ هـَنـِشـَر |
| You(m) will stay | 'inta hatishariicnta hatishar | إنت َ هـَتـِشـَر |
| You(f) will stay | 'inti hatishariiicnti hatishary | إنت ِ هـَتـِشـَري |
| You(pl) will stay | 'intu hatisharuiicntoo hatisharoo | إنتوا هـَتـِشـَروا |
| He/it(m) will stay | huwa hayisharhuwa hayishar | هـُو َ هـَيـِشـَر |
| She/it(f) will stay | hiya hatisharhiya hatishar | هـِي َ هـَتـِشـَر |
| They will stay | humma hayisharuhumma hayisharoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) stay! | 'ishariicshar | إشـَر |
| You(f) stay! | 'ishariiicshary | إشـَري |
| You(pl) stay! | 'isharuiicsharoo | إشـَروا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am staying | 'ana sahraanaacnaa sahraan | أنا َ سـَهرا َن |
| I(f) am staying | 'ana sahraanaaacnaa sahraanaö | أنا َ سـَهرا َنـَة |
| We are staying | 'ihna sahraneeniicHnaa sahraanyn | إحنا َ سـَهرا َنين |
| You(m) are staying | 'inta sahraaniicnta sahraan | إنت َ سـَهرا َن |
| You(f) are staying | 'inti sahraanaiicnti sahraanaö | إنت ِ سـَهرا َنـَة |
| You(pl) are staying | 'intu sahraneeniicntoo sahraanyn | إنتوا سـَهرا َنين |
| He/it(m) is staying | huwa sahraanhuwa sahraan | هـُو َ سـَهرا َن |
| She/it(f) is staying | hiya sahraanahiya sahraanaö | هـِي َ سـَهرا َنـَة |
| They are staying | humma sahraneenhumma sahraanyn | هـُمّ َ سـَهرا َنين |
