Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I dripped | 'ana na''attaacnaa naqqaTt | أنا َ نـَقّـَطت |
| We dripped | 'ihna na''atnaiicHnaa naqqaTnaa | إحنا َ نـَقّـَطنا |
| You(m) dripped | 'inta na''attiicnta naqqaTt | إنت َ نـَقّـَطت |
| You(f) dripped | 'inti na''attiiicnti naqqaTty | إنت ِ نـَقّـَطتي |
| You(pl) dripped | 'intu na''attuiicntoo naqqaTtoo | إنتوا نـَقّـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) dripped | huwa na''athuwa naqqaT | هـُو َ نـَقّـَط |
| She/it(f) dripped | hiya na''atithiya naqqaTit | هـِي َ نـَقّـَطـِت |
| They dripped | humma na''atuhumma naqqaToo | هـُمّ َ نـَقّـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might drip | 'ana yimkin 'ana''ataacnaa yimkin aacnaqqaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنـَقّـَط |
| We might drip | 'ihna yimkin nina''atiicHnaa yimkin ninaqqaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(m) might drip | 'inta yimkin tina''atiicnta yimkin tinaqqaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(f) might drip | 'inti yimkin tina''atiiicnti yimkin tinaqqaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَطي |
| You(pl) might drip | 'intu yimkin tina''atuiicntoo yimkin tinaqqaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might drip | huwa yimkin yina''athuwa yimkin yinaqqaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَقّـَط |
| She/it(f) might drip | hiya yimkin tina''athiya yimkin tinaqqaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَقّـَط |
| They might drip | humma yimkin yina''atuhumma yimkin yinaqqaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَقّـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I drip | 'ana bana''ataacnaa banaqqaT | أنا َ بـَنـَقّـَط |
| We drip | 'ihna binina''atiicHnaa bininaqqaT | إحنا َ بـِنـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(m) drip | 'inta bitina''atiicnta bitinaqqaT | إنت َ بـِتـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(f) drip | 'inti bitina''atiiicnti bitinaqqaTy | إنت ِ بـِتـِنـَقّـَطي |
| You(pl) drip | 'intu bitina''atuiicntoo bitinaqqaToo | إنتوا بـِتـِنـَقّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) drips | huwa biyina''athuwa biyinaqqaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِنـَقّـَط |
| She/it(f) drips | hiya bitina''athiya bitinaqqaT | هـِي َ بـِتـِنـَقّـَط |
| They drip | humma biyina''atuhumma biyinaqqaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنـَقّـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will drip | 'ana hana''ataacnaa hanaqqaT | أنا َ هـَنـَقّـَط |
| We will drip | 'ihna hanina''atiicHnaa haninaqqaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(m) will drip | 'inta hatina''atiicnta hatinaqqaT | إنت َ هـَتـِنـَقّـَط |
| You(f) will drip | 'inti hatina''atiiicnti hatinaqqaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِنـَقّـَطي |
| You(pl) will drip | 'intu hatina''atuiicntoo hatinaqqaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِنـَقّـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will drip | huwa hayina''athuwa hayinaqqaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِنـَقّـَط |
| She/it(f) will drip | hiya hatina''athiya hatinaqqaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِنـَقّـَط |
| They will drip | humma hayina''atuhumma hayinaqqaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنـَقّـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) drip! | 'in'atiicnqaT | إنقـَط |
| You(f) drip! | 'in'atiiicnqaTy | إنقـَطي |
| You(pl) drip! | in'atuinqaToo | ِنقـَطوا |
