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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  tapped | 'ana chabbattaacnaa KabbaTt | أنا َ خـَبّـَطت | 
| We  tapped | 'ihna chabbatnaiicHnaa KabbaTnaa | إحنا َ خـَبّـَطنا | 
| You(m)  tapped | 'inta chabbattiicnta KabbaTt | إنت َ خـَبّـَطت | 
| You(f)  tapped | 'inti chabbattiiicnti KabbaTty | إنت ِ خـَبّـَطتي | 
| You(pl)  tapped | 'intu chabbattuiicntoo KabbaTtoo | إنتوا خـَبّـَطتوا | 
| He/it(m)  tapped | huwa chabbathuwa KabbaT | هـُو َ خـَبّـَط | 
| She/it(f)  tapped | hiya chabbatithiya KabbaTit | هـِي َ خـَبّـَطـِت | 
| They  tapped | humma chabbatuhumma KabbaToo | هـُمّ َ خـَبّـَطوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  tap | 'ana yimkin 'achabbataacnaa yimkin aacKabbaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخـَبّـَط | 
| We might  tap | 'ihna yimkin nichabbatiicHnaa yimkin niKabbaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(m) might  tap | 'inta yimkin tichabbatiicnta yimkin tiKabbaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(f) might  tap | 'inti yimkin tichabbatiiicnti yimkin tiKabbaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَبّـَطي | 
| You(pl) might  tap | 'intu yimkin tichabbatuiicntoo yimkin tiKabbaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
| He/it(m) might  tap | huwa yimkin yichabbathuwa yimkin yiKabbaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَبّـَط | 
| She/it(f) might  tap | hiya yimkin tichabbathiya yimkin tiKabbaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَبّـَط | 
| They might  tap | humma yimkin yichabbatuhumma yimkin yiKabbaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  tap | 'ana bachabbataacnaa baKabbaT | أنا َ بـَخـَبّـَط | 
| We  tap | 'ihna binichabbatiicHnaa biniKabbaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(m)  tap | 'inta bitichabbatiicnta bitiKabbaT | إنت َ بـِتـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(f)  tap | 'inti bitichabbatiiicnti bitiKabbaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِخـَبّـَطي | 
| You(pl)  tap | 'intu bitichabbatuiicntoo bitiKabbaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
| He/it(m)  taps | huwa biyichabbathuwa biyiKabbaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِخـَبّـَط | 
| She/it(f)  taps | hiya bitichabbathiya bitiKabbaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِخـَبّـَط | 
| They  tap | humma biyichabbatuhumma biyiKabbaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  tap | 'ana hachabbataacnaa haKabbaT | أنا َ هـَخـَبّـَط | 
| We will  tap | 'ihna hanichabbatiicHnaa haniKabbaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(m) will  tap | 'inta hatichabbatiicnta hatiKabbaT | إنت َ هـَتـِخـَبّـَط | 
| You(f) will  tap | 'inti hatichabbatiiicnti hatiKabbaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِخـَبّـَطي | 
| You(pl) will  tap | 'intu hatichabbatuiicntoo hatiKabbaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
| He/it(m) will  tap | huwa hayichabbathuwa hayiKabbaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِخـَبّـَط | 
| She/it(f) will  tap | hiya hatichabbathiya hatiKabbaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِخـَبّـَط | 
| They will  tap | humma hayichabbatuhumma hayiKabbaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخـَبّـَطوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  tap! | 'ichbatiicKbaT | إخبـَط | 
| You(f)  tap! | 'ichbatiiicKbaTy | إخبـَطي | 
| You(pl)  tap! | ichbatuiKbaToo | ِخبـَطوا |