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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  meant | 'ana naweetaacnaa nawyt | أنا َ نـَويت | 
| We  meant | 'ihna naweenaiicHnaa nawynaa | إحنا َ نـَوينا | 
| You(m)  meant | 'inta naweetiicnta nawyt | إنت َ نـَويت | 
| You(f)  meant | 'inti naweetiiicnti nawyty | إنت ِ نـَويتي | 
| You(pl)  meant | 'intu naweetuiicntoo nawytoo | إنتوا نـَويتوا | 
| He/it(m)  meant | huwa nawahuwa nawY | هـُو َ نـَوى | 
| She/it(f)  meant | hiya nawyithiya nawyit | هـِي َ نـَويـِت | 
| They  meant | humma nawuhumma nawoo | هـُمّ َ نـَووا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  mean | 'ana yimkin 'anwiaacnaa yimkin aacnwy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنوي | 
| We might  mean | 'ihna yimkin ninwiiicHnaa yimkin ninwy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنوي | 
| You(m) might  mean | 'inta yimkin tinwiiicnta yimkin tinwy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنوي | 
| You(f) might  mean | 'inti yimkin tinwiiicnti yimkin tinwy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنوي | 
| You(pl) might  mean | 'intu yimkin tinwuiicntoo yimkin tinwoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنووا | 
| He/it(m) might  mean | huwa yimkin yinwihuwa yimkin yinwy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنوي | 
| She/it(f) might  mean | hiya yimkin tinwihiya yimkin tinwy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنوي | 
| They might  mean | humma yimkin yinwuhumma yimkin yinwoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنووا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  mean | 'ana banwiaacnaa banwy | أنا َ بـَنوي | 
| We  mean | 'ihna bininwiiicHnaa bininwy | إحنا َ بـِنـِنوي | 
| You(m)  mean | 'inta bitinwiiicnta bitinwy | إنت َ بـِتـِنوي | 
| You(f)  mean | 'inti bitinwiiicnti bitinwy | إنت ِ بـِتـِنوي | 
| You(pl)  mean | 'intu bitinwuiicntoo bitinwoo | إنتوا بـِتـِنووا | 
| He/it(m)  means | huwa biyinwihuwa biyinwy | هـُو َ بـِيـِنوي | 
| She/it(f)  means | hiya bitinwihiya bitinwy | هـِي َ بـِتـِنوي | 
| They  mean | humma biyinwuhumma biyinwoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنووا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  mean | 'ana hanwiaacnaa hanwy | أنا َ هـَنوي | 
| We will  mean | 'ihna haninwiiicHnaa haninwy | إحنا َ هـَنـِنوي | 
| You(m) will  mean | 'inta hatinwiiicnta hatinwy | إنت َ هـَتـِنوي | 
| You(f) will  mean | 'inti hatinwiiicnti hatinwy | إنت ِ هـَتـِنوي | 
| You(pl) will  mean | 'intu hatinwuiicntoo hatinwoo | إنتوا هـَتـِنووا | 
| He/it(m) will  mean | huwa hayinwihuwa hayinwy | هـُو َ هـَيـِنوي | 
| She/it(f) will  mean | hiya hatinwihiya hatinwy | هـِي َ هـَتـِنوي | 
| They will  mean | humma hayinwuhumma hayinwoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنووا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  mean! | 'inwiiicnwy | إنوي | 
| You(f)  mean! | 'inwiiicnwy | إنوي | 
| You(pl)  mean! | 'inwuiicnwoo | إنووا |