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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  woke | 'ana sahheetaacnaa SaHHyt | أنا َ صـَحّيت | 
| We  woke | 'ihna sahheenaiicHnaa SaHHynaa | إحنا َ صـَحّينا | 
| You(m)  woke | 'inta sahheetiicnta SaHHyt | إنت َ صـَحّيت | 
| You(f)  woke | 'inti sahheetiiicnti SaHHyty | إنت ِ صـَحّيتي | 
| You(pl)  woke | 'intu sahheetuiicntoo SaHHytoo | إنتوا صـَحّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  woke | huwa sahhahuwa SaHHY | هـُو َ صـَحّى | 
| She/it(f)  woke | hiya sahhithiya SaHHit | هـِي َ صـَحّـِت | 
| They  woke | humma sahhuhumma SaHHoo | هـُمّ َ صـَحّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  wake | 'ana yimkin 'asahhiaacnaa yimkin aacSaHHy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَحّي | 
| We might  wake | 'ihna yimkin nisahhiiicHnaa yimkin niSaHHy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَحّي | 
| You(m) might  wake | 'inta yimkin tisahhiiicnta yimkin tiSaHHy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي | 
| You(f) might  wake | 'inti yimkin tisahhiiicnti yimkin tiSaHHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي | 
| You(pl) might  wake | 'intu yimkin tisahhuiicntoo yimkin tiSaHHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  wake | huwa yimkin yisahhihuwa yimkin yiSaHHy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَحّي | 
| She/it(f) might  wake | hiya yimkin tisahhihiya yimkin tiSaHHy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي | 
| They might  wake | humma yimkin yisahhuhumma yimkin yiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَحّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  wake | 'ana basahhiaacnaa baSaHHy | أنا َ بـَصـَحّي | 
| We  wake | 'ihna binsahhiiicHnaa binSaHHy | إحنا َ بـِنصـَحّي | 
| You(m)  wake | 'inta bitsahhiiicnta bitSaHHy | إنت َ بـِتصـَحّي | 
| You(f)  wake | 'inti bitsahhiiicnti bitSaHHy | إنت ِ بـِتصـَحّي | 
| You(pl)  wake | 'intu bitsahhuiicntoo bitSaHHoo | إنتوا بـِتصـَحّوا | 
| He/it(m)  wakes | huwa biyisahhihuwa biyiSaHHy | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَحّي | 
| She/it(f)  wakes | hiya bitsahhihiya bitSaHHy | هـِي َ بـِتصـَحّي | 
| They  wake | humma biyisahhuhumma biyiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَحّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  wake | 'ana hasahhiaacnaa haSaHHy | أنا َ هـَصـَحّي | 
| We will  wake | 'ihna hansahhiiicHnaa hanSaHHy | إحنا َ هـَنصـَحّي | 
| You(m) will  wake | 'inta hatsahhiiicnta hatSaHHy | إنت َ هـَتصـَحّي | 
| You(f) will  wake | 'inti hatsahhiiicnti hatSaHHy | إنت ِ هـَتصـَحّي | 
| You(pl) will  wake | 'intu hatsahhuiicntoo hatSaHHoo | إنتوا هـَتصـَحّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  wake | huwa hayisahhihuwa hayiSaHHy | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَحّي | 
| She/it(f) will  wake | hiya hatsahhihiya hatSaHHy | هـِي َ هـَتصـَحّي | 
| They will  wake | humma hayisahhuhumma hayiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَحّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  wake! | sahhiSaHHy | صـَحّي | 
| You(f)  wake! | sahhiSaHHy | صـَحّي | 
| You(pl)  wake! | sahhuSaHHoo | صـَحّوا |