Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I hit | 'ana chabattaacnaa KabaTt | أنا َ خـَبـَطت |
| We hit | 'ihna chabatnaiicHnaa KabaTnaa | إحنا َ خـَبـَطنا |
| You(m) hit | 'inta chabattiicnta KabaTt | إنت َ خـَبـَطت |
| You(f) hit | 'inti chabattiiicnti KabaTty | إنت ِ خـَبـَطتي |
| You(pl) hit | 'intu chabattuiicntoo KabaTtoo | إنتوا خـَبـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) hit | huwa chabathuwa KabaT | هـُو َ خـَبـَط |
| She/it(f) hit | hiya chabatithiya KabaTit | هـِي َ خـَبـَطـِت |
| They hit | humma chabatuhumma KabaToo | هـُمّ َ خـَبـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might hit | 'ana yimkin 'achbataacnaa yimkin aacKbaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخبـَط |
| We might hit | 'ihna yimkin nichbatiicHnaa yimkin niKbaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخبـَط |
| You(m) might hit | 'inta yimkin tichbatiicnta yimkin tiKbaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخبـَط |
| You(f) might hit | 'inti yimkin tichbatiiicnti yimkin tiKbaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخبـَطي |
| You(pl) might hit | 'intu yimkin tichbatuiicntoo yimkin tiKbaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might hit | huwa yimkin yichbathuwa yimkin yiKbaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخبـَط |
| She/it(f) might hit | hiya yimkin tichbathiya yimkin tiKbaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخبـَط |
| They might hit | humma yimkin yichbatuhumma yimkin yiKbaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخبـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I hit | 'ana bachbataacnaa baKbaT | أنا َ بـَخبـَط |
| We hit | 'ihna binichbatiicHnaa biniKbaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِخبـَط |
| You(m) hit | 'inta bitichbatiicnta bitiKbaT | إنت َ بـِتـِخبـَط |
| You(f) hit | 'inti bitichbatiiicnti bitiKbaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِخبـَطي |
| You(pl) hit | 'intu bitichbatuiicntoo bitiKbaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) hits | huwa biyichbathuwa biyiKbaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِخبـَط |
| She/it(f) hits | hiya bitichbathiya bitiKbaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِخبـَط |
| They hit | humma biyichbatuhumma biyiKbaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخبـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will hit | 'ana hachbataacnaa haKbaT | أنا َ هـَخبـَط |
| We will hit | 'ihna hanichbatiicHnaa haniKbaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِخبـَط |
| You(m) will hit | 'inta hatichbatiicnta hatiKbaT | إنت َ هـَتـِخبـَط |
| You(f) will hit | 'inti hatichbatiiicnti hatiKbaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِخبـَطي |
| You(pl) will hit | 'intu hatichbatuiicntoo hatiKbaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will hit | huwa hayichbathuwa hayiKbaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِخبـَط |
| She/it(f) will hit | hiya hatichbathiya hatiKbaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِخبـَط |
| They will hit | humma hayichbatuhumma hayiKbaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخبـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) hit! | 'ichbatiicKbaT | إخبـَط |
| You(f) hit! | 'ichbatiiicKbaTy | إخبـَطي |
| You(pl) hit! | 'ichbatuiicKbaToo | إخبـَطوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is hit | huwa machboothuwa maKbwT | هـُو َ مـَخبوط |
| She/it(f) is hit | hiya machbootahiya maKbwTaö | هـِي َ مـَخبوطـَة |
| They are hit | humma machbooteenhumma maKbwTyn | هـُمّ َ مـَخبوطين |
