Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I economised | 'ana 'i'tasadtaacnaa iicqtaSadt | أنا َ إقتـَصـَدت |
| We economised | 'ihna 'i'tasadnaiicHnaa iicqtaSadnaa | إحنا َ إقتـَصـَدنا |
| You(m) economised | 'inta 'i'tasadtiicnta iicqtaSadt | إنت َ إقتـَصـَدت |
| You(f) economised | 'inti 'i'tasadtiiicnti iicqtaSadty | إنت ِ إقتـَصـَدتي |
| You(pl) economised | 'intu 'i'tasadtuiicntoo iicqtaSadtoo | إنتوا إقتـَصـَدتوا |
| He/it(m) economised | huwa 'i'tasadhuwa iicqtaSad | هـُو َ إقتـَصـَد |
| She/it(f) economised | hiya 'i'tasadithiya iicqtaSadit | هـِي َ إقتـَصـَد ِت |
| They economised | humma 'i'tasaduhumma iicqtaSadoo | هـُمّ َ إقتـَصـَدوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might economise | 'ana yimkin 'a'tasidaacnaa yimkin aacqtaSid | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقتـَصـِد |
| We might economise | 'ihna yimkin na'tasidiicHnaa yimkin naqtaSid | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(m) might economise | 'inta yimkin ta'tasidiicnta yimkin taqtaSid | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(f) might economise | 'inti yimkin ta'tasidiiicnti yimkin taqtaSidy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـَقتـَصـِدي |
| You(pl) might economise | 'intu yimkin ta'tasiduiicntoo yimkin taqtaSidoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـَقتـَصـِدوا |
| He/it(m) might economise | huwa yimkin ya'tasidhuwa yimkin yaqtaSid | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـَقتـَصـِد |
| She/it(f) might economise | hiya yimkin ta'tasidhiya yimkin taqtaSid | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـَقتـَصـِد |
| They might economise | humma yimkin ya'tasduhumma yimkin yaqtaSdoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـَقتـَصدوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I economise | 'ana ba'tasidaacnaa baqtaSid | أنا َ بـَقتـَصـِد |
| We economise | 'ihna bina'tasidiicHnaa binaqtaSid | إحنا َ بـِنـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(m) economise | 'inta bita'tasidiicnta bitaqtaSid | إنت َ بـِتـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(f) economise | 'inti bita'tasidiiicnti bitaqtaSidy | إنت ِ بـِتـَقتـَصـِدي |
| You(pl) economise | 'intu bita'tasiduiicntoo bitaqtaSidoo | إنتوا بـِتـَقتـَصـِدوا |
| He/it(m) economises | huwa biya'tasidhuwa biyaqtaSid | هـُو َ بـِيـَقتـَصـِد |
| She/it(f) economises | hiya bita'tasidhiya bitaqtaSid | هـِي َ بـِتـَقتـَصـِد |
| They economise | humma biya'tasduhumma biyaqtaSdoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـَقتـَصدوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will economise | 'ana ha'tasidaacnaa haqtaSid | أنا َ هـَقتـَصـِد |
| We will economise | 'ihna hana'tasidiicHnaa hanaqtaSid | إحنا َ هـَنـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(m) will economise | 'inta hata'tasidiicnta hataqtaSid | إنت َ هـَتـَقتـَصـِد |
| You(f) will economise | 'inti hata'tasidiiicnti hataqtaSidy | إنت ِ هـَتـَقتـَصـِدي |
| You(pl) will economise | 'intu hata'tasiduiicntoo hataqtaSidoo | إنتوا هـَتـَقتـَصـِدوا |
| He/it(m) will economise | huwa haya'tasidhuwa hayaqtaSid | هـُو َ هـَيـَقتـَصـِد |
| She/it(f) will economise | hiya hata'tasidhiya hataqtaSid | هـِي َ هـَتـَقتـَصـِد |
| They will economise | humma haya'tasduhumma hayaqtaSdoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـَقتـَصدوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) economise! | 'i'tasidiicqtaSid | إقتـَصـِد |
| You(f) economise! | 'i'tasidiiicqtaSidy | إقتـَصـِدي |
| You(pl) economise! | 'i'tasiduiicqtaSidoo | إقتـَصـِدوا |
