Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I abided | 'ana ba'eetaacnaa baqyt | أنا َ بـَقيت |
| We abided | 'ihna ba'eenaiicHnaa baqynaa | إحنا َ بـَقينا |
| You(m) abided | 'inta ba'eetiicnta baqyt | إنت َ بـَقيت |
| You(f) abided | 'inti ba'eetiiicnti baqyty | إنت ِ بـَقيتي |
| You(pl) abided | 'intu ba'eetuiicntoo baqytoo | إنتوا بـَقيتوا |
| He/it(m) abided | huwa ba'ahuwa baqY | هـُو َ بـَقى |
| She/it(f) abided | hiya ba'yithiya baqyit | هـِي َ بـَقيـِت |
| They abided | humma ba'uhumma baqoo | هـُمّ َ بـَقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might abide | 'ana yimkin 'ab'iaacnaa yimkin aacbqy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبقي |
| We might abide | 'ihna yimkin nib'iiicHnaa yimkin nibqy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبقي |
| You(m) might abide | 'inta yimkin tib'iiicnta yimkin tibqy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبقي |
| You(f) might abide | 'inti yimkin tib'iiicnti yimkin tibqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبقي |
| You(pl) might abide | 'intu yimkin tib'uiicntoo yimkin tibqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبقوا |
| He/it(m) might abide | huwa yimkin yib'ihuwa yimkin yibqy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبقي |
| She/it(f) might abide | hiya yimkin tib'ihiya yimkin tibqy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبقي |
| They might abide | humma yimkin yib'uhumma yimkin yibqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I abide | 'ana bab'iaacnaa babqy | أنا َ بـَبقي |
| We abide | 'ihna binib'iiicHnaa binibqy | إحنا َ بـِنـِبقي |
| You(m) abide | 'inta bitib'iiicnta bitibqy | إنت َ بـِتـِبقي |
| You(f) abide | 'inti bitib'iiicnti bitibqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِبقي |
| You(pl) abide | 'intu bitib'uiicntoo bitibqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِبقوا |
| He/it(m) abides | huwa biyib'ihuwa biyibqy | هـُو َ بـِيـِبقي |
| She/it(f) abides | hiya bitib'ihiya bitibqy | هـِي َ بـِتـِبقي |
| They abide | humma biyib'uhumma biyibqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will abide | 'ana hab'iaacnaa habqy | أنا َ هـَبقي |
| We will abide | 'ihna hanib'iiicHnaa hanibqy | إحنا َ هـَنـِبقي |
| You(m) will abide | 'inta hatib'iiicnta hatibqy | إنت َ هـَتـِبقي |
| You(f) will abide | 'inti hatib'iiicnti hatibqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِبقي |
| You(pl) will abide | 'intu hatib'uiicntoo hatibqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِبقوا |
| He/it(m) will abide | huwa hayib'ihuwa hayibqy | هـُو َ هـَيـِبقي |
| She/it(f) will abide | hiya hatib'ihiya hatibqy | هـِي َ هـَتـِبقي |
| They will abide | humma hayib'uhumma hayibqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) abide! | 'ib'iiicbqy | إبقي |
| You(f) abide! | 'ib'iiicbqy | إبقي |
| You(pl) abide! | 'ib'uiicbqoo | إبقوا |
