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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  swapped | 'ana hawwiltaacnaa Hawwilt | أنا َ حـَوّ ِلت | 
| We  swapped | 'ihna hawwilnaiicHnaa Hawwilnaa | إحنا َ حـَوّ ِلنا | 
| You(m)  swapped | 'inta hawwiltiicnta Hawwilt | إنت َ حـَوّ ِلت | 
| You(f)  swapped | 'inti hawwiltiiicnti Hawwilty | إنت ِ حـَوّ ِلتي | 
| You(pl)  swapped | 'intu hawwiltuiicntoo Hawwiltoo | إنتوا حـَوّ ِلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  swapped | huwa hawwilhuwa Hawwil | هـُو َ حـَوّ ِل | 
| She/it(f)  swapped | hiya hawwilithiya Hawwilit | هـِي َ حـَوّ ِلـِت | 
| They  swapped | humma hawwiluhumma Hawwiloo | هـُمّ َ حـَوّ ِلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  swap | 'ana yimkin 'ahawwilaacnaa yimkin aacHawwil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحـَوّ ِل | 
| We might  swap | 'ihna yimkin nihawwiliicHnaa yimkin niHawwil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(m) might  swap | 'inta yimkin tihawwiliicnta yimkin tiHawwil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(f) might  swap | 'inti yimkin tihawwiliiicnti yimkin tiHawwily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَوّ ِلي | 
| You(pl) might  swap | 'intu yimkin tihawwiluiicntoo yimkin tiHawwiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحـَوّ ِلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  swap | huwa yimkin yihawwilhuwa yimkin yiHawwil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| She/it(f) might  swap | hiya yimkin tihawwilhiya yimkin tiHawwil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| They might  swap | humma yimkin yihawwiluhumma yimkin yiHawwiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحـَوّ ِلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  swap | 'ana bahawwilaacnaa baHawwil | أنا َ بـَحـَوّ ِل | 
| We  swap | 'ihna binhawwiliicHnaa binHawwil | إحنا َ بـِنحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(m)  swap | 'inta bithawwiliicnta bitHawwil | إنت َ بـِتحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(f)  swap | 'inti bithawwiliiicnti bitHawwily | إنت ِ بـِتحـَوّ ِلي | 
| You(pl)  swap | 'intu bithawwiluiicntoo bitHawwiloo | إنتوا بـِتحـَوّ ِلوا | 
| He/it(m)  swaps | huwa biyihawwilhuwa biyiHawwil | هـُو َ بـِيـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| She/it(f)  swaps | hiya bithawwilhiya bitHawwil | هـِي َ بـِتحـَوّ ِل | 
| They  swap | humma biyihawwiluhumma biyiHawwiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحـَوّ ِلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  swap | 'ana hahawwilaacnaa haHawwil | أنا َ هـَحـَوّ ِل | 
| We will  swap | 'ihna hanhawwiliicHnaa hanHawwil | إحنا َ هـَنحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(m) will  swap | 'inta hathawwiliicnta hatHawwil | إنت َ هـَتحـَوّ ِل | 
| You(f) will  swap | 'inti hathawwiliiicnti hatHawwily | إنت ِ هـَتحـَوّ ِلي | 
| You(pl) will  swap | 'intu hathawwiluiicntoo hatHawwiloo | إنتوا هـَتحـَوّ ِلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  swap | huwa hayihawwilhuwa hayiHawwil | هـُو َ هـَيـِحـَوّ ِل | 
| She/it(f) will  swap | hiya hathawwilhiya hatHawwil | هـِي َ هـَتحـَوّ ِل | 
| They will  swap | humma hayihawwiluhumma hayiHawwiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحـَوّ ِلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  swap! | hawwilHawwil | حـَوّ ِل | 
| You(f)  swap! | hawwiliHawwily | حـَوّ ِلي | 
| You(pl)  swap! | hawwiluHawwiloo | حـَوّ ِلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  swapped | huwa muhawwilhuwa muHawwil | هـُو َ مـُحـَوّ ِل | 
| She/it(f) is  swapped | hiya muhawwilahiya muHawwilaö | هـِي َ مـُحـَوّ ِلـَة | 
| They are  swapped | humma muhawwileenhumma muHawwilyn | هـُمّ َ مـُحـَوّ ِلين |