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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spent | 'ana 'addeetaacnaa qaDDyt | أنا َ قـَضّيت | 
| We  spent | 'ihna 'addeenaiicHnaa qaDDynaa | إحنا َ قـَضّينا | 
| You(m)  spent | 'inta 'addeetiicnta qaDDyt | إنت َ قـَضّيت | 
| You(f)  spent | 'inti 'addeetiiicnti qaDDyty | إنت ِ قـَضّيتي | 
| You(pl)  spent | 'intu 'addeetuiicntoo qaDDytoo | إنتوا قـَضّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  spent | huwa 'addahuwa qaDDY | هـُو َ قـَضّى | 
| She/it(f)  spent | hiya 'addithiya qaDDit | هـِي َ قـَضّـِت | 
| They  spent | humma 'adduhumma qaDDoo | هـُمّ َ قـَضّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  spend | 'ana yimkin 'a'addiaacnaa yimkin aacqaDDy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَضّي | 
| We might  spend | 'ihna yimkin ni'addiiicHnaa yimkin niqaDDy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَضّي | 
| You(m) might  spend | 'inta yimkin ti'addiiicnta yimkin tiqaDDy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي | 
| You(f) might  spend | 'inti yimkin ti'addiiicnti yimkin tiqaDDy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي | 
| You(pl) might  spend | 'intu yimkin ti'adduiicntoo yimkin tiqaDDoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  spend | huwa yimkin yi'addihuwa yimkin yiqaDDy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَضّي | 
| She/it(f) might  spend | hiya yimkin ti'addihiya yimkin tiqaDDy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَضّي | 
| They might  spend | humma yimkin yi'adduhumma yimkin yiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَضّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spend | 'ana ba'addiaacnaa baqaDDy | أنا َ بـَقـَضّي | 
| We  spend | 'ihna bin'addiiicHnaa binqaDDy | إحنا َ بـِنقـَضّي | 
| You(m)  spend | 'inta bit'addiiicnta bitqaDDy | إنت َ بـِتقـَضّي | 
| You(f)  spend | 'inti bit'addiiicnti bitqaDDy | إنت ِ بـِتقـَضّي | 
| You(pl)  spend | 'intu bit'adduiicntoo bitqaDDoo | إنتوا بـِتقـَضّوا | 
| He/it(m)  spends | huwa biyi'addihuwa biyiqaDDy | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَضّي | 
| She/it(f)  spends | hiya bit'addihiya bitqaDDy | هـِي َ بـِتقـَضّي | 
| They  spend | humma biyi'adduhumma biyiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَضّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  spend | 'ana ha'addiaacnaa haqaDDy | أنا َ هـَقـَضّي | 
| We will  spend | 'ihna han'addiiicHnaa hanqaDDy | إحنا َ هـَنقـَضّي | 
| You(m) will  spend | 'inta hat'addiiicnta hatqaDDy | إنت َ هـَتقـَضّي | 
| You(f) will  spend | 'inti hat'addiiicnti hatqaDDy | إنت ِ هـَتقـَضّي | 
| You(pl) will  spend | 'intu hat'adduiicntoo hatqaDDoo | إنتوا هـَتقـَضّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  spend | huwa hayi'addihuwa hayiqaDDy | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَضّي | 
| She/it(f) will  spend | hiya hat'addihiya hatqaDDy | هـِي َ هـَتقـَضّي | 
| They will  spend | humma hayi'adduhumma hayiqaDDoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَضّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  spend! | 'addiqaDDy | قـَضّي | 
| You(f)  spend! | 'addiqaDDy | قـَضّي | 
| You(pl)  spend! | 'adduqaDDoo | قـَضّوا |