Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I accounted | 'ana sharahtaacnaa sharaHt | أنا َ شـَر َحت |
| We accounted | 'ihna sharahnaiicHnaa sharaHnaa | إحنا َ شـَر َحنا |
| You(m) accounted | 'inta sharahtiicnta sharaHt | إنت َ شـَر َحت |
| You(f) accounted | 'inti sharahtiiicnti sharaHty | إنت ِ شـَر َحتي |
| You(pl) accounted | 'intu sharahtuiicntoo sharaHtoo | إنتوا شـَر َحتوا |
| He/it(m) accounted | huwa sharahhuwa sharaH | هـُو َ شـَر َح |
| She/it(f) accounted | hiya sharahithiya sharaHit | هـِي َ شـَر َحـِت |
| They accounted | humma sharahuhumma sharaHoo | هـُمّ َ شـَر َحوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might account | 'ana yimkin 'ashrahaacnaa yimkin aacshraH | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشر َح |
| We might account | 'ihna yimkin nishrahiicHnaa yimkin nishraH | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشر َح |
| You(m) might account | 'inta yimkin tishrahiicnta yimkin tishraH | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشر َح |
| You(f) might account | 'inti yimkin tishrahiiicnti yimkin tishraHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشر َحي |
| You(pl) might account | 'intu yimkin tishrahuiicntoo yimkin tishraHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشر َحوا |
| He/it(m) might account | huwa yimkin yishrahhuwa yimkin yishraH | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشر َح |
| She/it(f) might account | hiya yimkin tishrahhiya yimkin tishraH | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشر َح |
| They might account | humma yimkin yishrahuhumma yimkin yishraHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشر َحوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I account | 'ana bashrahaacnaa bashraH | أنا َ بـَشر َح |
| We account | 'ihna binishrahiicHnaa binishraH | إحنا َ بـِنـِشر َح |
| You(m) account | 'inta bitishrahiicnta bitishraH | إنت َ بـِتـِشر َح |
| You(f) account | 'inti bitishrahiiicnti bitishraHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِشر َحي |
| You(pl) account | 'intu bitishrahuiicntoo bitishraHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِشر َحوا |
| He/it(m) accounts | huwa biyishrahhuwa biyishraH | هـُو َ بـِيـِشر َح |
| She/it(f) accounts | hiya bitishrahhiya bitishraH | هـِي َ بـِتـِشر َح |
| They account | humma biyishrahuhumma biyishraHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشر َحوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will account | 'ana hashrahaacnaa hashraH | أنا َ هـَشر َح |
| We will account | 'ihna hanishrahiicHnaa hanishraH | إحنا َ هـَنـِشر َح |
| You(m) will account | 'inta hatishrahiicnta hatishraH | إنت َ هـَتـِشر َح |
| You(f) will account | 'inti hatishrahiiicnti hatishraHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِشر َحي |
| You(pl) will account | 'intu hatishrahuiicntoo hatishraHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِشر َحوا |
| He/it(m) will account | huwa hayishrahhuwa hayishraH | هـُو َ هـَيـِشر َح |
| She/it(f) will account | hiya hatishrahhiya hatishraH | هـِي َ هـَتـِشر َح |
| They will account | humma hayishrahuhumma hayishraHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشر َحوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) account! | 'ishrahiicshraH | إشر َح |
| You(f) account! | 'ishrahiiicshraHy | إشر َحي |
| You(pl) account! | 'ishrahuiicshraHoo | إشر َحوا |
