Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I tried | 'ana 'eestaacnaa qyst | أنا َ قيست |
| We tried | 'ihna 'eesnaiicHnaa qysnaa | إحنا َ قيسنا |
| You(m) tried | 'inta 'eestiicnta qyst | إنت َ قيست |
| You(f) tried | 'inti 'eestiiicnti qysty | إنت ِ قيستي |
| You(pl) tried | 'intu 'eestuiicntoo qystoo | إنتوا قيستوا |
| He/it(m) tried | huwa 'aeshuwa qaes | هـُو َ قا َس |
| She/it(f) tried | hiya 'aesithiya qaesit | هـِي َ قا َسـِت |
| They tried | humma 'asuhumma qaesoo | هـُمّ َ قا َسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might try | 'ana yimkin 'a'eesaacnaa yimkin aacqys | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقيس |
| We might try | 'ihna yimkin ni'eesiicHnaa yimkin niqys | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقيس |
| You(m) might try | 'inta yimkin ti'eesiicnta yimkin tiqys | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس |
| You(f) might try | 'inti yimkin ti'eesiiicnti yimkin tiqysy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقيسي |
| You(pl) might try | 'intu yimkin ti'eesuiicntoo yimkin tiqysoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقيسوا |
| He/it(m) might try | huwa yimkin yi'eeshuwa yimkin yiqys | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيس |
| She/it(f) might try | hiya yimkin ti'eeshiya yimkin tiqys | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقيس |
| They might try | humma yimkin yi'eesuhumma yimkin yiqysoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقيسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I try | 'ana ba'eesaacnaa baqys | أنا َ بـَقيس |
| We try | 'ihna bin'eesiicHnaa binqys | إحنا َ بـِنقيس |
| You(m) try | 'inta bit'eesiicnta bitqys | إنت َ بـِتقيس |
| You(f) try | 'inti bit'eesiiicnti bitqysy | إنت ِ بـِتقيسي |
| You(pl) try | 'intu bit'eesuiicntoo bitqysoo | إنتوا بـِتقيسوا |
| He/it(m) trys | huwa biyi'eeshuwa biyiqys | هـُو َ بـِيـِقيس |
| She/it(f) trys | hiya bit'eeshiya bitqys | هـِي َ بـِتقيس |
| They try | humma biyi'eesuhumma biyiqysoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقيسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will try | 'ana ha'eesaacnaa haqys | أنا َ هـَقيس |
| We will try | 'ihna han'eesiicHnaa hanqys | إحنا َ هـَنقيس |
| You(m) will try | 'inta hat'eesiicnta hatqys | إنت َ هـَتقيس |
| You(f) will try | 'inti hat'eesiiicnti hatqysy | إنت ِ هـَتقيسي |
| You(pl) will try | 'intu hat'eesuiicntoo hatqysoo | إنتوا هـَتقيسوا |
| He/it(m) will try | huwa hayi'eeshuwa hayiqys | هـُو َ هـَيـِقيس |
| She/it(f) will try | hiya hat'eeshiya hatqys | هـِي َ هـَتقيس |
| They will try | humma hayi'eesuhumma hayiqysoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقيسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) try! | 'eesqys | قيس |
| You(f) try! | 'eesiqysy | قيسي |
| You(pl) try! | 'eesuqysoo | قيسوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am trying | 'ana 'aeyisaacnaa qaeyis | أنا َ قا َيـِس |
| I(f) am trying | 'ana 'aeyisaaacnaa qaeyisaö | أنا َ قا َيـِسـَة |
| We are trying | 'ihna 'aeyiseeniicHnaa qaeyisyn | إحنا َ قا َيـِسين |
| You(m) are trying | 'inta 'aeyisiicnta qaeyis | إنت َ قا َيـِس |
| You(f) are trying | 'inti 'aeyisaiicnti qaeyisaö | إنت ِ قا َيـِسـَة |
| You(pl) are trying | 'intu 'aeyiseeniicntoo qaeyisyn | إنتوا قا َيـِسين |
| He/it(m) is trying | huwa 'aeyishuwa qaeyis | هـُو َ قا َيـِس |
| She/it(f) is trying | hiya 'aeyisahiya qaeyisaö | هـِي َ قا َيـِسـَة |
| They are trying | humma 'aeyiseenhumma qaeyisyn | هـُمّ َ قا َيـِسين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is tried | huwa mit'aeshuwa mitqaes | هـُو َ مـِتقا َس |
| She/it(f) is tried | hiya mit'aesahiya mitqaesaö | هـِي َ مـِتقا َسـَة |
| They are tried | humma mit'aseenhumma mitqaesyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتقا َسين |
