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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  fished | 'ana seedtaacnaa Sydt | أنا َ صيدت | 
| We  fished | 'ihna seednaiicHnaa Sydnaa | إحنا َ صيدنا | 
| You(m)  fished | 'inta seedtiicnta Sydt | إنت َ صيدت | 
| You(f)  fished | 'inti seedtiiicnti Sydty | إنت ِ صيدتي | 
| You(pl)  fished | 'intu seedtuiicntoo Sydtoo | إنتوا صيدتوا | 
| He/it(m)  fished | huwa saadhuwa Saad | هـُو َ صا َد | 
| She/it(f)  fished | hiya saadithiya Saadit | هـِي َ صا َد ِت | 
| They  fished | humma saduhumma Saadoo | هـُمّ َ صا َدوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  fish | 'ana yimkin 'aseedaacnaa yimkin aacSyd | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصيد | 
| We might  fish | 'ihna yimkin niseediicHnaa yimkin niSyd | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصيد | 
| You(m) might  fish | 'inta yimkin tiseediicnta yimkin tiSyd | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصيد | 
| You(f) might  fish | 'inti yimkin tiseediiicnti yimkin tiSydy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصيدي | 
| You(pl) might  fish | 'intu yimkin tiseeduiicntoo yimkin tiSydoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصيدوا | 
| He/it(m) might  fish | huwa yimkin yiseedhuwa yimkin yiSyd | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصيد | 
| She/it(f) might  fish | hiya yimkin tiseedhiya yimkin tiSyd | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصيد | 
| They might  fish | humma yimkin yiseeduhumma yimkin yiSydoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصيدوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  fish | 'ana baseedaacnaa baSyd | أنا َ بـَصيد | 
| We  fish | 'ihna binseediicHnaa binSyd | إحنا َ بـِنصيد | 
| You(m)  fish | 'inta bitseediicnta bitSyd | إنت َ بـِتصيد | 
| You(f)  fish | 'inti bitseediiicnti bitSydy | إنت ِ بـِتصيدي | 
| You(pl)  fish | 'intu bitseeduiicntoo bitSydoo | إنتوا بـِتصيدوا | 
| He/it(m)  fishes | huwa biyiseedhuwa biyiSyd | هـُو َ بـِيـِصيد | 
| She/it(f)  fishes | hiya bitseedhiya bitSyd | هـِي َ بـِتصيد | 
| They  fish | humma biyiseeduhumma biyiSydoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصيدوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  fish | 'ana haseedaacnaa haSyd | أنا َ هـَصيد | 
| We will  fish | 'ihna hanseediicHnaa hanSyd | إحنا َ هـَنصيد | 
| You(m) will  fish | 'inta hatseediicnta hatSyd | إنت َ هـَتصيد | 
| You(f) will  fish | 'inti hatseediiicnti hatSydy | إنت ِ هـَتصيدي | 
| You(pl) will  fish | 'intu hatseeduiicntoo hatSydoo | إنتوا هـَتصيدوا | 
| He/it(m) will  fish | huwa hayiseedhuwa hayiSyd | هـُو َ هـَيـِصيد | 
| She/it(f) will  fish | hiya hatseedhiya hatSyd | هـِي َ هـَتصيد | 
| They will  fish | humma hayiseeduhumma hayiSydoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصيدوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  fish! | seedSyd | صيد | 
| You(f)  fish! | seediSydy | صيدي | 
| You(pl)  fish! | seeduSydoo | صيدوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  fishing | 'ana saayidaacnaa Saayid | أنا َ صا َيـِد | 
| I(f) am  fishing | 'ana saayidaaacnaa Saayidaö | أنا َ صا َيـِد َة | 
| We are  fishing | 'ihna saayideeniicHnaa Saayidyn | إحنا َ صا َيـِدين | 
| You(m) are  fishing | 'inta saayidiicnta Saayid | إنت َ صا َيـِد | 
| You(f) are  fishing | 'inti saayidaiicnti Saayidaö | إنت ِ صا َيـِد َة | 
| You(pl) are  fishing | 'intu saayideeniicntoo Saayidyn | إنتوا صا َيـِدين | 
| He/it(m) is  fishing | huwa saayidhuwa Saayid | هـُو َ صا َيـِد | 
| She/it(f) is  fishing | hiya saayidahiya Saayidaö | هـِي َ صا َيـِد َة | 
| They are  fishing | humma saayideenhumma Saayidyn | هـُمّ َ صا َيـِدين |