Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I attacked | 'ana 'ithaggimtaacnaa iicthaggimt | أنا َ إثـَجّـِمت |
| We attacked | 'ihna 'ithaggimnaiicHnaa iicthaggimnaa | إحنا َ إثـَجّـِمنا |
| You(m) attacked | 'inta 'ithaggimtiicnta iicthaggimt | إنت َ إثـَجّـِمت |
| You(f) attacked | 'inti 'ithaggimtiiicnti iicthaggimty | إنت ِ إثـَجّـِمتي |
| You(pl) attacked | 'intu 'ithaggimtuiicntoo iicthaggimtoo | إنتوا إثـَجّـِمتوا |
| He/it(m) attacked | huwa 'ithaggimhuwa iicthaggim | هـُو َ إثـَجّـِم |
| She/it(f) attacked | hiya 'ithaggimithiya iicthaggimit | هـِي َ إثـَجّـِمـِت |
| They attacked | humma 'ithaggimuhumma iicthaggimoo | هـُمّ َ إثـَجّـِموا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might attack | 'ana yimkin 'athaggimaacnaa yimkin aacthaggim | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أثـَجّـِم |
| We might attack | 'ihna yimkin nithaggimiicHnaa yimkin nithaggim | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(m) might attack | 'inta yimkin tithaggimiicnta yimkin tithaggim | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(f) might attack | 'inti yimkin tithaggimiiicnti yimkin tithaggimy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَجّـِمي |
| You(pl) might attack | 'intu yimkin tithaggimuiicntoo yimkin tithaggimoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِثـَجّـِموا |
| He/it(m) might attack | huwa yimkin yithaggimhuwa yimkin yithaggim | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـَجّـِم |
| She/it(f) might attack | hiya yimkin tithaggimhiya yimkin tithaggim | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـَجّـِم |
| They might attack | humma yimkin yithaggimuhumma yimkin yithaggimoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـَجّـِموا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I attack | 'ana bathaggimaacnaa bathaggim | أنا َ بـَثـَجّـِم |
| We attack | 'ihna binithaggimiicHnaa binithaggim | إحنا َ بـِنـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(m) attack | 'inta bitithaggimiicnta bitithaggim | إنت َ بـِتـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(f) attack | 'inti bitithaggimiiicnti bitithaggimy | إنت ِ بـِتـِثـَجّـِمي |
| You(pl) attack | 'intu bitithaggimuiicntoo bitithaggimoo | إنتوا بـِتـِثـَجّـِموا |
| He/it(m) attacks | huwa biyithaggimhuwa biyithaggim | هـُو َ بـِيـِثـَجّـِم |
| She/it(f) attacks | hiya bitithaggimhiya bitithaggim | هـِي َ بـِتـِثـَجّـِم |
| They attack | humma biyithaggimuhumma biyithaggimoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِثـَجّـِموا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will attack | 'ana hathaggimaacnaa hathaggim | أنا َ هـَثـَجّـِم |
| We will attack | 'ihna hanithaggimiicHnaa hanithaggim | إحنا َ هـَنـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(m) will attack | 'inta hatithaggimiicnta hatithaggim | إنت َ هـَتـِثـَجّـِم |
| You(f) will attack | 'inti hatithaggimiiicnti hatithaggimy | إنت ِ هـَتـِثـَجّـِمي |
| You(pl) will attack | 'intu hatithaggimuiicntoo hatithaggimoo | إنتوا هـَتـِثـَجّـِموا |
| He/it(m) will attack | huwa hayithaggimhuwa hayithaggim | هـُو َ هـَيـِثـَجّـِم |
| She/it(f) will attack | hiya hatithaggimhiya hatithaggim | هـِي َ هـَتـِثـَجّـِم |
| They will attack | humma hayithaggimuhumma hayithaggimoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِثـَجّـِموا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) attack! | 'ithaggimiicthaggim | إثـَجّـِم |
| You(f) attack! | 'ithaggimiiicthaggimy | إثـَجّـِمي |
| You(pl) attack! | 'ithaggimuiicthaggimoo | إثـَجّـِموا |
