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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  persisted | 'ana 'asarreetaacnaa aacSarryt | أنا َ أصـَرّيت | 
| We  persisted | 'ihna 'asarreenaiicHnaa aacSarrynaa | إحنا َ أصـَرّينا | 
| You(m)  persisted | 'inta 'asarreetiicnta aacSarryt | إنت َ أصـَرّيت | 
| You(f)  persisted | 'inti 'asarreetiiicnti aacSarryty | إنت ِ أصـَرّيتي | 
| You(pl)  persisted | 'intu 'asarreetuiicntoo aacSarrytoo | إنتوا أصـَرّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  persisted | huwa 'asarrhuwa aacSarr | هـُو َ أصـَرّ | 
| She/it(f)  persisted | hiya 'asarrithiya aacSarrit | هـِي َ أصـَرّ ِت | 
| They  persisted | humma 'asarruhumma aacSarroo | هـُمّ َ أصـَرّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  persist | 'ana yimkin 'usirraacnaa yimkin uucSirr | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أ ُصـِرّ | 
| We might  persist | 'ihna yimkin nusirriicHnaa yimkin nuSirr | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُصـِرّ | 
| You(m) might  persist | 'inta yimkin tusirriicnta yimkin tuSirr | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّ | 
| You(f) might  persist | 'inti yimkin tusirriiicnti yimkin tuSirry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّي | 
| You(pl) might  persist | 'intu yimkin tusirruiicntoo yimkin tuSirroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  persist | huwa yimkin yusirrhuwa yimkin yuSirr | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُصـِرّ | 
| She/it(f) might  persist | hiya yimkin tusirrhiya yimkin tuSirr | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُصـِرّ | 
| They might  persist | humma yimkin yusirruhumma yimkin yuSirroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُصـِرّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  persist | 'ana 'usirraacnaa uucSirr | أنا َ أ ُصـِرّ | 
| We  persist | 'ihna binusirriicHnaa binuSirr | إحنا َ بـِنـُصـِرّ | 
| You(m)  persist | 'inta bitusirriicnta bituSirr | إنت َ بـِتـُصـِرّ | 
| You(f)  persist | 'inti bitusirriiicnti bituSirry | إنت ِ بـِتـُصـِرّي | 
| You(pl)  persist | 'intu bitusirruiicntoo bituSirroo | إنتوا بـِتـُصـِرّوا | 
| He/it(m)  persists | huwa biyusirrhuwa biyuSirr | هـُو َ بـِيـُصـِرّ | 
| She/it(f)  persists | hiya bitusirrhiya bituSirr | هـِي َ بـِتـُصـِرّ | 
| They  persist | humma biyusirruhumma biyuSirroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُصـِرّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  persist | 'ana husirraacnaa huSirr | أنا َ هـُصـِرّ | 
| We will  persist | 'ihna hanusirriicHnaa hanuSirr | إحنا َ هـَنـُصـِرّ | 
| You(m) will  persist | 'inta hatusirriicnta hatuSirr | إنت َ هـَتـُصـِرّ | 
| You(f) will  persist | 'inti hatusirriiicnti hatuSirry | إنت ِ هـَتـُصـِرّي | 
| You(pl) will  persist | 'intu hatusirruiicntoo hatuSirroo | إنتوا هـَتـُصـِرّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  persist | huwa hayusirrhuwa hayuSirr | هـُو َ هـَيـُصـِرّ | 
| She/it(f) will  persist | hiya hatusirrhiya hatuSirr | هـِي َ هـَتـُصـِرّ | 
| They will  persist | humma hayusirruhumma hayuSirroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُصـِرّوا |