Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I sufficed | 'ana kaffeetaacnaa kaffyt | أنا َ كـَفّيت |
| We sufficed | 'ihna kaffeenaiicHnaa kaffynaa | إحنا َ كـَفّينا |
| You(m) sufficed | 'inta kaffeetiicnta kaffyt | إنت َ كـَفّيت |
| You(f) sufficed | 'inti kaffeetiiicnti kaffyty | إنت ِ كـَفّيتي |
| You(pl) sufficed | 'intu kaffeetuiicntoo kaffytoo | إنتوا كـَفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) sufficed | huwa kaffahuwa kaffY | هـُو َ كـَفّى |
| She/it(f) sufficed | hiya kaffithiya kaffit | هـِي َ كـَفّـِت |
| They sufficed | humma kaffuhumma kaffoo | هـُمّ َ كـَفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might suffice | 'ana yimkin 'akaffiaacnaa yimkin aackaffy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكـَفّي |
| We might suffice | 'ihna yimkin nikaffiiicHnaa yimkin nikaffy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكـَفّي |
| You(m) might suffice | 'inta yimkin tikaffiiicnta yimkin tikaffy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَفّي |
| You(f) might suffice | 'inti yimkin tikaffiiicnti yimkin tikaffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَفّي |
| You(pl) might suffice | 'intu yimkin tikaffuiicntoo yimkin tikaffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) might suffice | huwa yimkin yikaffihuwa yimkin yikaffy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَفّي |
| She/it(f) might suffice | hiya yimkin tikaffihiya yimkin tikaffy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَفّي |
| They might suffice | humma yimkin yikaffuhumma yimkin yikaffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I suffice | 'ana bakaffiaacnaa bakaffy | أنا َ بـَكـَفّي |
| We suffice | 'ihna binkaffiiicHnaa binkaffy | إحنا َ بـِنكـَفّي |
| You(m) suffice | 'inta bitkaffiiicnta bitkaffy | إنت َ بـِتكـَفّي |
| You(f) suffice | 'inti bitkaffiiicnti bitkaffy | إنت ِ بـِتكـَفّي |
| You(pl) suffice | 'intu bitkaffuiicntoo bitkaffoo | إنتوا بـِتكـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) suffices | huwa biyikaffihuwa biyikaffy | هـُو َ بـِيـِكـَفّي |
| She/it(f) suffices | hiya bitkaffihiya bitkaffy | هـِي َ بـِتكـَفّي |
| They suffice | humma biyikaffuhumma biyikaffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكـَفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will suffice | 'ana hakaffiaacnaa hakaffy | أنا َ هـَكـَفّي |
| We will suffice | 'ihna hankaffiiicHnaa hankaffy | إحنا َ هـَنكـَفّي |
| You(m) will suffice | 'inta hatkaffiiicnta hatkaffy | إنت َ هـَتكـَفّي |
| You(f) will suffice | 'inti hatkaffiiicnti hatkaffy | إنت ِ هـَتكـَفّي |
| You(pl) will suffice | 'intu hatkaffuiicntoo hatkaffoo | إنتوا هـَتكـَفّوا |
| He/it(m) will suffice | huwa hayikaffihuwa hayikaffy | هـُو َ هـَيـِكـَفّي |
| She/it(f) will suffice | hiya hatkaffihiya hatkaffy | هـِي َ هـَتكـَفّي |
| They will suffice | humma hayikaffuhumma hayikaffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكـَفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) suffice! | kaffikaffy | كـَفّي |
| You(f) suffice! | kaffikaffy | كـَفّي |
| You(pl) suffice! | kaffukaffoo | كـَفّوا |
