Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I was | 'ana 'istaha''taacnaa iicstaHaqqt | أنا َ إستـَحـَقّت |
| We was | 'ihna 'istaha''naiicHnaa iicstaHaqqnaa | إحنا َ إستـَحـَقّنا |
| You(m) was | 'inta 'istaha''tiicnta iicstaHaqqt | إنت َ إستـَحـَقّت |
| You(f) was | 'inti 'istaha''tiiicnti iicstaHaqqty | إنت ِ إستـَحـَقّتي |
| You(pl) was | 'intu 'istaha''tuiicntoo iicstaHaqqtoo | إنتوا إستـَحـَقّتوا |
| He/it(m) was | huwa 'istaha''huwa iicstaHaqq | هـُو َ إستـَحـَقّ |
| She/it(f) was | hiya 'istaha''ithiya iicstaHaqqit | هـِي َ إستـَحـَقّـِت |
| They was | humma 'istaha''uhumma iicstaHaqqoo | هـُمّ َ إستـَحـَقّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might be | 'ana yimkin 'astaha''aacnaa yimkin aacstaHaqq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَحـَقّ |
| We might be | 'ihna yimkin nastaha''iicHnaa yimkin nastaHaqq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـَستـَحـَقّ |
| You(m) might be | 'inta yimkin tastaha''iicnta yimkin tastaHaqq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَحـَقّ |
| You(f) might be | 'inti yimkin tastaha''iiicnti yimkin tastaHaqqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَحـَقّي |
| You(pl) might be | 'intu yimkin tastaha''uiicntoo yimkin tastaHaqqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـَستـَحـَقّوا |
| He/it(m) might be | huwa yimkin yastaha''huwa yimkin yastaHaqq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـَستـَحـَقّ |
| She/it(f) might be | hiya yimkin tastaha''hiya yimkin tastaHaqq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـَستـَحـَقّ |
| They might be | humma yimkin yastaha''uhumma yimkin yastaHaqqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـَستـَحـَقّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I be | 'ana bastaha''aacnaa bastaHaqq | أنا َ بـَستـَحـَقّ |
| We be | 'ihna binastaha''iicHnaa binastaHaqq | إحنا َ بـِنـَستـَحـَقّ |
| You(m) be | 'inta bitastaha''iicnta bitastaHaqq | إنت َ بـِتـَستـَحـَقّ |
| You(f) be | 'inti bitastaha''iiicnti bitastaHaqqy | إنت ِ بـِتـَستـَحـَقّي |
| You(pl) be | 'intu bitastaha''uiicntoo bitastaHaqqoo | إنتوا بـِتـَستـَحـَقّوا |
| He/it(m) bes | huwa biyastahi''huwa biyastaHiqq | هـُو َ بـِيـَستـَحـِقّ |
| She/it(f) bes | hiya bitastahi''hiya bitastaHiqq | هـِي َ بـِتـَستـَحـِقّ |
| They be | humma biyastahi''uhumma biyastaHiqqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـَستـَحـِقّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will be | 'ana hastahi''aacnaa hastaHiqq | أنا َ هـَستـَحـِقّ |
| We will be | 'ihna hanastahi''iicHnaa hanastaHiqq | إحنا َ هـَنـَستـَحـِقّ |
| You(m) will be | 'inta hatastahi''iicnta hatastaHiqq | إنت َ هـَتـَستـَحـِقّ |
| You(f) will be | 'inti hatastahi''iiicnti hatastaHiqqy | إنت ِ هـَتـَستـَحـِقّي |
| You(pl) will be | 'intu hatastahi''uiicntoo hatastaHiqqoo | إنتوا هـَتـَستـَحـِقّوا |
| He/it(m) will be | huwa hayastahi''huwa hayastaHiqq | هـُو َ هـَيـَستـَحـِقّ |
| She/it(f) will be | hiya hatastahi''hiya hatastaHiqq | هـِي َ هـَتـَستـَحـِقّ |
| They will be | humma hayastahi''uhumma hayastaHiqqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـَستـَحـِقّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) be! | 'istahi''iicstaHiqq | إستـَحـِقّ |
| You(f) be! | 'istahi''iiicstaHiqqy | إستـَحـِقّي |
| You(pl) be! | 'istahi''uiicstaHiqqoo | إستـَحـِقّوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is | huwa mustahi''huwa mustaHiqq | هـُو َ مـُستـَحـِقّ |
| She/it(f) is | hiya mustahi''ahiya mustaHiqqaö | هـِي َ مـُستـَحـِقّـَة |
| They are | humma mustahi''eenhumma mustaHiqqyn | هـُمّ َ مـُستـَحـِقّين |
