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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  poked | 'ana zaghadtaacnaa zaGadt | أنا َ ز َغـَدت | 
| We  poked | 'ihna zaghadnaiicHnaa zaGadnaa | إحنا َ ز َغـَدنا | 
| You(m)  poked | 'inta zaghadtiicnta zaGadt | إنت َ ز َغـَدت | 
| You(f)  poked | 'inti zaghadtiiicnti zaGadty | إنت ِ ز َغـَدتي | 
| You(pl)  poked | 'intu zaghadtuiicntoo zaGadtoo | إنتوا ز َغـَدتوا | 
| He/it(m)  poked | huwa zaghadhuwa zaGad | هـُو َ ز َغـَد | 
| She/it(f)  poked | hiya zaghadithiya zaGadit | هـِي َ ز َغـَد ِت | 
| They  poked | humma zaghaduhumma zaGadoo | هـُمّ َ ز َغـَدوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  poke | 'ana yimkin 'azghudaacnaa yimkin aaczGud | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أزغـُد | 
| We might  poke | 'ihna yimkin nuzghudiicHnaa yimkin nuzGud | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُزغـُد | 
| You(m) might  poke | 'inta yimkin tuzghudiicnta yimkin tuzGud | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُزغـُد | 
| You(f) might  poke | 'inti yimkin tuzghudiiicnti yimkin tuzGudy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُزغـُدي | 
| You(pl) might  poke | 'intu yimkin tuzghuduiicntoo yimkin tuzGudoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُزغـُدوا | 
| He/it(m) might  poke | huwa yimkin yuzghudhuwa yimkin yuzGud | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُزغـُد | 
| She/it(f) might  poke | hiya yimkin tuzghudhiya yimkin tuzGud | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُزغـُد | 
| They might  poke | humma yimkin yuzghuduhumma yimkin yuzGudoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُزغـُدوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  poke | 'ana bazghudaacnaa bazGud | أنا َ بـَزغـُد | 
| We  poke | 'ihna binuzghudiicHnaa binuzGud | إحنا َ بـِنـُزغـُد | 
| You(m)  poke | 'inta bituzghudiicnta bituzGud | إنت َ بـِتـُزغـُد | 
| You(f)  poke | 'inti bituzghudiiicnti bituzGudy | إنت ِ بـِتـُزغـُدي | 
| You(pl)  poke | 'intu bituzghuduiicntoo bituzGudoo | إنتوا بـِتـُزغـُدوا | 
| He/it(m)  pokes | huwa biyuzghudhuwa biyuzGud | هـُو َ بـِيـُزغـُد | 
| She/it(f)  pokes | hiya bituzghudhiya bituzGud | هـِي َ بـِتـُزغـُد | 
| They  poke | humma biyuzghuduhumma biyuzGudoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُزغـُدوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  poke | 'ana hazghudaacnaa hazGud | أنا َ هـَزغـُد | 
| We will  poke | 'ihna hanuzghudiicHnaa hanuzGud | إحنا َ هـَنـُزغـُد | 
| You(m) will  poke | 'inta hatuzghudiicnta hatuzGud | إنت َ هـَتـُزغـُد | 
| You(f) will  poke | 'inti hatuzghudiiicnti hatuzGudy | إنت ِ هـَتـُزغـُدي | 
| You(pl) will  poke | 'intu hatuzghuduiicntoo hatuzGudoo | إنتوا هـَتـُزغـُدوا | 
| He/it(m) will  poke | huwa hayuzghudhuwa hayuzGud | هـُو َ هـَيـُزغـُد | 
| She/it(f) will  poke | hiya hatuzghudhiya hatuzGud | هـِي َ هـَتـُزغـُد | 
| They will  poke | humma hayuzghuduhumma hayuzGudoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُزغـُدوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  poke! | 'uzghuduuczGud | أ ُزغـُد | 
| You(f)  poke! | 'uzghudiuuczGudy | أ ُزغـُدي | 
| You(pl)  poke! | 'uzghuduuuczGudoo | أ ُزغـُدوا |