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