Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I stapled | 'ana dabbistaacnaa dabbist | أنا َ د َبّـِست |
| We stapled | 'ihna dabbisnaiicHnaa dabbisnaa | إحنا َ د َبّـِسنا |
| You(m) stapled | 'inta dabbistiicnta dabbist | إنت َ د َبّـِست |
| You(f) stapled | 'inti dabbistiiicnti dabbisty | إنت ِ د َبّـِستي |
| You(pl) stapled | 'intu dabbistuiicntoo dabbistoo | إنتوا د َبّـِستوا |
| He/it(m) stapled | huwa dabbishuwa dabbis | هـُو َ د َبّـِس |
| She/it(f) stapled | hiya dabbisithiya dabbisit | هـِي َ د َبّـِسـِت |
| They stapled | humma dabbisuhumma dabbisoo | هـُمّ َ د َبّـِسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might staple | 'ana yimkin 'adabbisaacnaa yimkin aacdabbis | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َبّـِس |
| We might staple | 'ihna yimkin nidabbisiicHnaa yimkin nidabbis | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َبّـِس |
| You(m) might staple | 'inta yimkin tidabbisiicnta yimkin tidabbis | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس |
| You(f) might staple | 'inti yimkin tidabbisiiicnti yimkin tidabbisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسي |
| You(pl) might staple | 'intu yimkin tidabbisuiicntoo yimkin tidabbisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) might staple | huwa yimkin yidabbishuwa yimkin yidabbis | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِس |
| She/it(f) might staple | hiya yimkin tidabbishiya yimkin tidabbis | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس |
| They might staple | humma yimkin yidabbisuhumma yimkin yidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I staple | 'ana badabbisaacnaa badabbis | أنا َ بـَد َبّـِس |
| We staple | 'ihna bindabbisiicHnaa bindabbis | إحنا َ بـِند َبّـِس |
| You(m) staple | 'inta bitdabbisiicnta bitdabbis | إنت َ بـِتد َبّـِس |
| You(f) staple | 'inti bitdabbisiiicnti bitdabbisy | إنت ِ بـِتد َبّـِسي |
| You(pl) staple | 'intu bitdabbisuiicntoo bitdabbisoo | إنتوا بـِتد َبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) staples | huwa biyidabbishuwa biyidabbis | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َبّـِس |
| She/it(f) staples | hiya bitdabbishiya bitdabbis | هـِي َ بـِتد َبّـِس |
| They staple | humma biyidabbisuhumma biyidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َبّـِسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will staple | 'ana hadabbisaacnaa hadabbis | أنا َ هـَد َبّـِس |
| We will staple | 'ihna handabbisiicHnaa handabbis | إحنا َ هـَند َبّـِس |
| You(m) will staple | 'inta hatdabbisiicnta hatdabbis | إنت َ هـَتد َبّـِس |
| You(f) will staple | 'inti hatdabbisiiicnti hatdabbisy | إنت ِ هـَتد َبّـِسي |
| You(pl) will staple | 'intu hatdabbisuiicntoo hatdabbisoo | إنتوا هـَتد َبّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) will staple | huwa hayidabbishuwa hayidabbis | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َبّـِس |
| She/it(f) will staple | hiya hatdabbishiya hatdabbis | هـِي َ هـَتد َبّـِس |
| They will staple | humma hayidabbisuhumma hayidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َبّـِسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) staple! | dabbisdabbis | د َبّـِس |
| You(f) staple! | dabbisidabbisy | د َبّـِسي |
| You(pl) staple! | dabbisudabbisoo | د َبّـِسوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is stapled | huwa mudabbishuwa mudabbis | هـُو َ مـُد َبّـِس |
| She/it(f) is stapled | hiya mudabbisahiya mudabbisaö | هـِي َ مـُد َبّـِسـَة |
| They are stapled | humma mudabbiseenhumma mudabbisyn | هـُمّ َ مـُد َبّـِسين |
