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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  took | 'ana wassaltaacnaa waSSalt | أنا َ و َصّـَلت | 
| We  took | 'ihna wassalnaiicHnaa waSSalnaa | إحنا َ و َصّـَلنا | 
| You(m)  took | 'inta wassaltiicnta waSSalt | إنت َ و َصّـَلت | 
| You(f)  took | 'inti wassaltiiicnti waSSalty | إنت ِ و َصّـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  took | 'intu wassaltuiicntoo waSSaltoo | إنتوا و َصّـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  took | huwa wassalhuwa waSSal | هـُو َ و َصّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  took | hiya wassalithiya waSSalit | هـِي َ و َصّـَلـِت | 
| They  took | humma wassaluhumma waSSaloo | هـُمّ َ و َصّـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  take | 'ana yimkin 'awassalaacnaa yimkin aacwaSSal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َصّـَل | 
| We might  take | 'ihna yimkin niwassaliicHnaa yimkin niwaSSal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(m) might  take | 'inta yimkin tiwassaliicnta yimkin tiwaSSal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(f) might  take | 'inti yimkin tiwassaliiicnti yimkin tiwaSSaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّـَلي | 
| You(pl) might  take | 'intu yimkin tiwassaluiicntoo yimkin tiwaSSaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  take | huwa yimkin yiwassalhuwa yimkin yiwaSSal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َصّـَل | 
| She/it(f) might  take | hiya yimkin tiwassalhiya yimkin tiwaSSal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َصّـَل | 
| They might  take | humma yimkin yiwassaluhumma yimkin yiwaSSaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َصّـَلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  take | 'ana bawassalaacnaa bawaSSal | أنا َ بـَو َصّـَل | 
| We  take | 'ihna biniwassaliicHnaa biniwaSSal | إحنا َ بـِنـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(m)  take | 'inta bitiwassaliicnta bitiwaSSal | إنت َ بـِتـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(f)  take | 'inti bitiwassaliiicnti bitiwaSSaly | إنت ِ بـِتـِو َصّـَلي | 
| You(pl)  take | 'intu bitiwassaluiicntoo bitiwaSSaloo | إنتوا بـِتـِو َصّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m)  takes | huwa biyiwassalhuwa biyiwaSSal | هـُو َ بـِيـِو َصّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  takes | hiya bitiwassalhiya bitiwaSSal | هـِي َ بـِتـِو َصّـَل | 
| They  take | humma biyiwassaluhumma biyiwaSSaloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َصّـَلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  take | 'ana hawassalaacnaa hawaSSal | أنا َ هـَو َصّـَل | 
| We will  take | 'ihna haniwassaliicHnaa haniwaSSal | إحنا َ هـَنـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(m) will  take | 'inta hatiwassaliicnta hatiwaSSal | إنت َ هـَتـِو َصّـَل | 
| You(f) will  take | 'inti hatiwassaliiicnti hatiwaSSaly | إنت ِ هـَتـِو َصّـَلي | 
| You(pl) will  take | 'intu hatiwassaluiicntoo hatiwaSSaloo | إنتوا هـَتـِو َصّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  take | huwa hayiwassalhuwa hayiwaSSal | هـُو َ هـَيـِو َصّـَل | 
| She/it(f) will  take | hiya hatiwassalhiya hatiwaSSal | هـِي َ هـَتـِو َصّـَل | 
| They will  take | humma hayiwassaluhumma hayiwaSSaloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َصّـَلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  take! | 'ioosaliicwSal | إوصـَل | 
| You(f)  take! | 'ioosaliiicwSaly | إوصـَلي | 
| You(pl)  take! | iwsaluiwSaloo | ِوصـَلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  taken | huwa muwassalhuwa muwaSSal | هـُو َ مـُو َصّـَل | 
| She/it(f) is  taken | hiya muwassalahiya muwaSSalaö | هـِي َ مـُو َصّـَلـَة | 
| They are  taken | humma muwassaleenhumma muwaSSalyn | هـُمّ َ مـُو َصّـَلين |