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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  called | 'ana lagheetaacnaa laGyt | أنا َ لـَغيت | 
| We  called | 'ihna lagheenaiicHnaa laGynaa | إحنا َ لـَغينا | 
| You(m)  called | 'inta lagheetiicnta laGyt | إنت َ لـَغيت | 
| You(f)  called | 'inti lagheetiiicnti laGyty | إنت ِ لـَغيتي | 
| You(pl)  called | 'intu lagheetuiicntoo laGytoo | إنتوا لـَغيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  called | huwa laghahuwa laGY | هـُو َ لـَغى | 
| She/it(f)  called | hiya laghyithiya laGyit | هـِي َ لـَغيـِت | 
| They  called | humma laghuhumma laGoo | هـُمّ َ لـَغوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  call | 'ana yimkin 'alghiaacnaa yimkin aaclGy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألغي | 
| We might  call | 'ihna yimkin nilghiiicHnaa yimkin nilGy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلغي | 
| You(m) might  call | 'inta yimkin tilghiiicnta yimkin tilGy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي | 
| You(f) might  call | 'inti yimkin tilghiiicnti yimkin tilGy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي | 
| You(pl) might  call | 'intu yimkin tilghuiicntoo yimkin tilGoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلغوا | 
| He/it(m) might  call | huwa yimkin yilghihuwa yimkin yilGy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلغي | 
| She/it(f) might  call | hiya yimkin tilghihiya yimkin tilGy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلغي | 
| They might  call | humma yimkin yilghuhumma yimkin yilGoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلغوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  call | 'ana balghiaacnaa balGy | أنا َ بـَلغي | 
| We  call | 'ihna binilghiiicHnaa binilGy | إحنا َ بـِنـِلغي | 
| You(m)  call | 'inta bitilghiiicnta bitilGy | إنت َ بـِتـِلغي | 
| You(f)  call | 'inti bitilghiiicnti bitilGy | إنت ِ بـِتـِلغي | 
| You(pl)  call | 'intu bitilghuiicntoo bitilGoo | إنتوا بـِتـِلغوا | 
| He/it(m)  calls | huwa biyilghihuwa biyilGy | هـُو َ بـِيـِلغي | 
| She/it(f)  calls | hiya bitilghihiya bitilGy | هـِي َ بـِتـِلغي | 
| They  call | humma biyilghuhumma biyilGoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلغوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  call | 'ana halghiaacnaa halGy | أنا َ هـَلغي | 
| We will  call | 'ihna hanilghiiicHnaa hanilGy | إحنا َ هـَنـِلغي | 
| You(m) will  call | 'inta hatilghiiicnta hatilGy | إنت َ هـَتـِلغي | 
| You(f) will  call | 'inti hatilghiiicnti hatilGy | إنت ِ هـَتـِلغي | 
| You(pl) will  call | 'intu hatilghuiicntoo hatilGoo | إنتوا هـَتـِلغوا | 
| He/it(m) will  call | huwa hayilghihuwa hayilGy | هـُو َ هـَيـِلغي | 
| She/it(f) will  call | hiya hatilghihiya hatilGy | هـِي َ هـَتـِلغي | 
| They will  call | humma hayilghuhumma hayilGoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلغوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  call! | 'ilghiiiclGy | إلغي | 
| You(f)  call! | 'ilghiiiclGy | إلغي | 
| You(pl)  call! | 'ilghuiiclGoo | إلغوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  called | huwa malghihuwa malGy | هـُو َ مـَلغي | 
| She/it(f) is  called | hiya malghyahiya malGyaö | هـِي َ مـَلغيـَة | 
| They are  called | humma malghyeenhumma malGyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَلغيين |