Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I slaughtered | 'ana dabahtaacnaa dabaHt | أنا َ د َبـَحت |
| We slaughtered | 'ihna dabahnaiicHnaa dabaHnaa | إحنا َ د َبـَحنا |
| You(m) slaughtered | 'inta dabahtiicnta dabaHt | إنت َ د َبـَحت |
| You(f) slaughtered | 'inti dabahtiiicnti dabaHty | إنت ِ د َبـَحتي |
| You(pl) slaughtered | 'intu dabahtuiicntoo dabaHtoo | إنتوا د َبـَحتوا |
| He/it(m) slaughtered | huwa dabahhuwa dabaH | هـُو َ د َبـَح |
| She/it(f) slaughtered | hiya dabahithiya dabaHit | هـِي َ د َبـَحـِت |
| They slaughtered | humma dabahuhumma dabaHoo | هـُمّ َ د َبـَحوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might slaughter | 'ana yimkin 'adbahaacnaa yimkin aacdbaH | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أدبـَح |
| We might slaughter | 'ihna yimkin nidbahiicHnaa yimkin nidbaH | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِدبـَح |
| You(m) might slaughter | 'inta yimkin tidbahiicnta yimkin tidbaH | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِدبـَح |
| You(f) might slaughter | 'inti yimkin tidbahiiicnti yimkin tidbaHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِدبـَحي |
| You(pl) might slaughter | 'intu yimkin tidbahuiicntoo yimkin tidbaHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِدبـَحوا |
| He/it(m) might slaughter | huwa yimkin yidbahhuwa yimkin yidbaH | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِدبـَح |
| She/it(f) might slaughter | hiya yimkin tidbahhiya yimkin tidbaH | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِدبـَح |
| They might slaughter | humma yimkin yidbahuhumma yimkin yidbaHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِدبـَحوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I slaughter | 'ana badbahaacnaa badbaH | أنا َ بـَدبـَح |
| We slaughter | 'ihna binidbahiicHnaa binidbaH | إحنا َ بـِنـِدبـَح |
| You(m) slaughter | 'inta bitidbahiicnta bitidbaH | إنت َ بـِتـِدبـَح |
| You(f) slaughter | 'inti bitidbahiiicnti bitidbaHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِدبـَحي |
| You(pl) slaughter | 'intu bitidbahuiicntoo bitidbaHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِدبـَحوا |
| He/it(m) slaughters | huwa biyidbahhuwa biyidbaH | هـُو َ بـِيـِدبـَح |
| She/it(f) slaughters | hiya bitidbahhiya bitidbaH | هـِي َ بـِتـِدبـَح |
| They slaughter | humma biyidbahuhumma biyidbaHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِدبـَحوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will slaughter | 'ana hadbahaacnaa hadbaH | أنا َ هـَدبـَح |
| We will slaughter | 'ihna hanidbahiicHnaa hanidbaH | إحنا َ هـَنـِدبـَح |
| You(m) will slaughter | 'inta hatidbahiicnta hatidbaH | إنت َ هـَتـِدبـَح |
| You(f) will slaughter | 'inti hatidbahiiicnti hatidbaHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِدبـَحي |
| You(pl) will slaughter | 'intu hatidbahuiicntoo hatidbaHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِدبـَحوا |
| He/it(m) will slaughter | huwa hayidbahhuwa hayidbaH | هـُو َ هـَيـِدبـَح |
| She/it(f) will slaughter | hiya hatidbahhiya hatidbaH | هـِي َ هـَتـِدبـَح |
| They will slaughter | humma hayidbahuhumma hayidbaHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِدبـَحوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) slaughter! | 'idbahiicdbaH | إدبـَح |
| You(f) slaughter! | 'idbahiiicdbaHy | إدبـَحي |
| You(pl) slaughter! | 'idbahuiicdbaHoo | إدبـَحوا |
