Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I dragged | 'ana sahaltaacnaa saHalt | أنا َ سـَحـَلت |
| We dragged | 'ihna sahalnaiicHnaa saHalnaa | إحنا َ سـَحـَلنا |
| You(m) dragged | 'inta sahaltiicnta saHalt | إنت َ سـَحـَلت |
| You(f) dragged | 'inti sahaltiiicnti saHalty | إنت ِ سـَحـَلتي |
| You(pl) dragged | 'intu sahaltuiicntoo saHaltoo | إنتوا سـَحـَلتوا |
| He/it(m) dragged | huwa sahalhuwa saHal | هـُو َ سـَحـَل |
| She/it(f) dragged | hiya sahalithiya saHalit | هـِي َ سـَحـَلـِت |
| They dragged | humma sahaluhumma saHaloo | هـُمّ َ سـَحـَلوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might drag | 'ana yimkin 'ashilaacnaa yimkin aacsHil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسحـِل |
| We might drag | 'ihna yimkin nishiliicHnaa yimkin nisHil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسحـِل |
| You(m) might drag | 'inta yimkin tishiliicnta yimkin tisHil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـِل |
| You(f) might drag | 'inti yimkin tishiliiicnti yimkin tisHily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـِلي |
| You(pl) might drag | 'intu yimkin tishiluiicntoo yimkin tisHiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسحـِلوا |
| He/it(m) might drag | huwa yimkin yishilhuwa yimkin yisHil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسحـِل |
| She/it(f) might drag | hiya yimkin tishilhiya yimkin tisHil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسحـِل |
| They might drag | humma yimkin yishiluhumma yimkin yisHiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسحـِلوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I drag | 'ana bashilaacnaa basHil | أنا َ بـَسحـِل |
| We drag | 'ihna binishiliicHnaa binisHil | إحنا َ بـِنـِسحـِل |
| You(m) drag | 'inta bitishiliicnta bitisHil | إنت َ بـِتـِسحـِل |
| You(f) drag | 'inti bitishiliiicnti bitisHily | إنت ِ بـِتـِسحـِلي |
| You(pl) drag | 'intu bitishiluiicntoo bitisHiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِسحـِلوا |
| He/it(m) drags | huwa biyishilhuwa biyisHil | هـُو َ بـِيـِسحـِل |
| She/it(f) drags | hiya bitishilhiya bitisHil | هـِي َ بـِتـِسحـِل |
| They drag | humma biyishiluhumma biyisHiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسحـِلوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will drag | 'ana hashilaacnaa hasHil | أنا َ هـَسحـِل |
| We will drag | 'ihna hanishiliicHnaa hanisHil | إحنا َ هـَنـِسحـِل |
| You(m) will drag | 'inta hatishiliicnta hatisHil | إنت َ هـَتـِسحـِل |
| You(f) will drag | 'inti hatishiliiicnti hatisHily | إنت ِ هـَتـِسحـِلي |
| You(pl) will drag | 'intu hatishiluiicntoo hatisHiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِسحـِلوا |
| He/it(m) will drag | huwa hayishilhuwa hayisHil | هـُو َ هـَيـِسحـِل |
| She/it(f) will drag | hiya hatishilhiya hatisHil | هـِي َ هـَتـِسحـِل |
| They will drag | humma hayishiluhumma hayisHiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسحـِلوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) drag! | 'ishiliicsHil | إسحـِل |
| You(f) drag! | 'ishiliiicsHily | إسحـِلي |
| You(pl) drag! | 'ishiluiicsHiloo | إسحـِلوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am dragging | 'ana saehilaacnaa saeHil | أنا َ سا َحـِل |
| I(f) am dragging | 'ana saehilaaacnaa saeHilaö | أنا َ سا َحـِلـَة |
| We are dragging | 'ihna saehileeniicHnaa saeHilyn | إحنا َ سا َحـِلين |
| You(m) are dragging | 'inta saehiliicnta saeHil | إنت َ سا َحـِل |
| You(f) are dragging | 'inti saehilaiicnti saeHilaö | إنت ِ سا َحـِلـَة |
| You(pl) are dragging | 'intu saehileeniicntoo saeHilyn | إنتوا سا َحـِلين |
| He/it(m) is dragging | huwa saehilhuwa saeHil | هـُو َ سا َحـِل |
| She/it(f) is dragging | hiya saehilahiya saeHilaö | هـِي َ سا َحـِلـَة |
| They are dragging | humma saehileenhumma saeHilyn | هـُمّ َ سا َحـِلين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is dragged | huwa mashoolhuwa masHwl | هـُو َ مـَسحول |
| She/it(f) is dragged | hiya mashoolahiya masHwlaö | هـِي َ مـَسحولـَة |
| They are dragged | humma mashooleenhumma masHwlyn | هـُمّ َ مـَسحولين |
