Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I reduced | 'ana 'alliltaacnaa qallilt | أنا َ قـَلّـِلت |
| We reduced | 'ihna 'allilnaiicHnaa qallilnaa | إحنا َ قـَلّـِلنا |
| You(m) reduced | 'inta 'alliltiicnta qallilt | إنت َ قـَلّـِلت |
| You(f) reduced | 'inti 'alliltiiicnti qallilty | إنت ِ قـَلّـِلتي |
| You(pl) reduced | 'intu 'alliltuiicntoo qalliltoo | إنتوا قـَلّـِلتوا |
| He/it(m) reduced | huwa 'allilhuwa qallil | هـُو َ قـَلّـِل |
| She/it(f) reduced | hiya 'allilithiya qallilit | هـِي َ قـَلّـِلـِت |
| They reduced | humma 'alliluhumma qalliloo | هـُمّ َ قـَلّـِلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might reduce | 'ana yimkin 'a'allilaacnaa yimkin aacqallil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَلّـِل |
| We might reduce | 'ihna yimkin ni'alliliicHnaa yimkin niqallil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَلّـِل |
| You(m) might reduce | 'inta yimkin ti'alliliicnta yimkin tiqallil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِل |
| You(f) might reduce | 'inti yimkin ti'alliliiicnti yimkin tiqallily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِلي |
| You(pl) might reduce | 'intu yimkin ti'alliluiicntoo yimkin tiqalliloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might reduce | huwa yimkin yi'allilhuwa yimkin yiqallil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَلّـِل |
| She/it(f) might reduce | hiya yimkin ti'allilhiya yimkin tiqallil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِل |
| They might reduce | humma yimkin yi'alliluhumma yimkin yiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَلّـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I reduce | 'ana ba'allilaacnaa baqallil | أنا َ بـَقـَلّـِل |
| We reduce | 'ihna bin'alliliicHnaa binqallil | إحنا َ بـِنقـَلّـِل |
| You(m) reduce | 'inta bit'alliliicnta bitqallil | إنت َ بـِتقـَلّـِل |
| You(f) reduce | 'inti bit'alliliiicnti bitqallily | إنت ِ بـِتقـَلّـِلي |
| You(pl) reduce | 'intu bit'alliluiicntoo bitqalliloo | إنتوا بـِتقـَلّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) reduces | huwa biyi'allilhuwa biyiqallil | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَلّـِل |
| She/it(f) reduces | hiya bit'allilhiya bitqallil | هـِي َ بـِتقـَلّـِل |
| They reduce | humma biyi'alliluhumma biyiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَلّـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will reduce | 'ana ha'allilaacnaa haqallil | أنا َ هـَقـَلّـِل |
| We will reduce | 'ihna han'alliliicHnaa hanqallil | إحنا َ هـَنقـَلّـِل |
| You(m) will reduce | 'inta hat'alliliicnta hatqallil | إنت َ هـَتقـَلّـِل |
| You(f) will reduce | 'inti hat'alliliiicnti hatqallily | إنت ِ هـَتقـَلّـِلي |
| You(pl) will reduce | 'intu hat'alliluiicntoo hatqalliloo | إنتوا هـَتقـَلّـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will reduce | huwa hayi'allilhuwa hayiqallil | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَلّـِل |
| She/it(f) will reduce | hiya hat'allilhiya hatqallil | هـِي َ هـَتقـَلّـِل |
| They will reduce | humma hayi'alliluhumma hayiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَلّـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) reduce! | 'allilqallil | قـَلّـِل |
| You(f) reduce! | 'alliliqallily | قـَلّـِلي |
| You(pl) reduce! | 'alliluqalliloo | قـَلّـِلوا |
