Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I paid | 'ana wasseetaacnaa waSSyt | أنا َ و َصّيت |
| We paid | 'ihna wasseenaiicHnaa waSSynaa | إحنا َ و َصّينا |
| You(m) paid | 'inta wasseetiicnta waSSyt | إنت َ و َصّيت |
| You(f) paid | 'inti wasseetiiicnti waSSyty | إنت ِ و َصّيتي |
| You(pl) paid | 'intu wasseetuiicntoo waSSytoo | إنتوا و َصّيتوا |
| He/it(m) paid | huwa wassahuwa waSSY | هـُو َ و َصّى |
| She/it(f) paid | hiya wassithiya waSSit | هـِي َ و َصّـِت |
| They paid | humma wassuhumma waSSoo | هـُمّ َ و َصّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might pay | 'ana yimkin 'awassiaacnaa yimkin aacwaSSy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َصّي |
| We might pay | 'ihna yimkin niwassiiicHnaa yimkin niwaSSy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َصّي |
| You(m) might pay | 'inta yimkin tiwassiiicnta yimkin tiwaSSy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّي |
| You(f) might pay | 'inti yimkin tiwassiiicnti yimkin tiwaSSy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّي |
| You(pl) might pay | 'intu yimkin tiwassuiicntoo yimkin tiwaSSoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّوا |
| He/it(m) might pay | huwa yimkin yiwassihuwa yimkin yiwaSSy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َصّي |
| She/it(f) might pay | hiya yimkin tiwassihiya yimkin tiwaSSy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّي |
| They might pay | humma yimkin yiwassuhumma yimkin yiwaSSoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َصّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I pay | 'ana bawassiaacnaa bawaSSy | أنا َ بـَو َصّي |
| We pay | 'ihna binwassiiicHnaa binwaSSy | إحنا َ بـِنو َصّي |
| You(m) pay | 'inta bitwassiiicnta bitwaSSy | إنت َ بـِتو َصّي |
| You(f) pay | 'inti bitwassiiicnti bitwaSSy | إنت ِ بـِتو َصّي |
| You(pl) pay | 'intu bitwassuiicntoo bitwaSSoo | إنتوا بـِتو َصّوا |
| He/it(m) pays | huwa biyiwassihuwa biyiwaSSy | هـُو َ بـِيـِو َصّي |
| She/it(f) pays | hiya bitwassihiya bitwaSSy | هـِي َ بـِتو َصّي |
| They pay | humma biyiwassuhumma biyiwaSSoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َصّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will pay | 'ana hawassiaacnaa hawaSSy | أنا َ هـَو َصّي |
| We will pay | 'ihna hanwassiiicHnaa hanwaSSy | إحنا َ هـَنو َصّي |
| You(m) will pay | 'inta hatwassiiicnta hatwaSSy | إنت َ هـَتو َصّي |
| You(f) will pay | 'inti hatwassiiicnti hatwaSSy | إنت ِ هـَتو َصّي |
| You(pl) will pay | 'intu hatwassuiicntoo hatwaSSoo | إنتوا هـَتو َصّوا |
| He/it(m) will pay | huwa hayiwassihuwa hayiwaSSy | هـُو َ هـَيـِو َصّي |
| She/it(f) will pay | hiya hatwassihiya hatwaSSy | هـِي َ هـَتو َصّي |
| They will pay | humma hayiwassuhumma hayiwaSSoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َصّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) pay! | wassiwaSSy | و َصّي |
| You(f) pay! | wassiwaSSy | و َصّي |
| You(pl) pay! | wassuwaSSoo | و َصّوا |
