Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I watered | 'ana sa'eetaacnaa saqyt | أنا َ سـَقيت |
| We watered | 'ihna sa'eenaiicHnaa saqynaa | إحنا َ سـَقينا |
| You(m) watered | 'inta sa'eetiicnta saqyt | إنت َ سـَقيت |
| You(f) watered | 'inti sa'eetiiicnti saqyty | إنت ِ سـَقيتي |
| You(pl) watered | 'intu sa'eetuiicntoo saqytoo | إنتوا سـَقيتوا |
| He/it(m) watered | huwa sa'ahuwa saqY | هـُو َ سـَقى |
| She/it(f) watered | hiya sa'yithiya saqyit | هـِي َ سـَقيـِت |
| They watered | humma sa'uhumma saqoo | هـُمّ َ سـَقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might water | 'ana yimkin 'as'iaacnaa yimkin aacsqy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أسقي |
| We might water | 'ihna yimkin nis'iiicHnaa yimkin nisqy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِسقي |
| You(m) might water | 'inta yimkin tis'iiicnta yimkin tisqy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقي |
| You(f) might water | 'inti yimkin tis'iiicnti yimkin tisqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِسقي |
| You(pl) might water | 'intu yimkin tis'uiicntoo yimkin tisqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِسقوا |
| He/it(m) might water | huwa yimkin yis'ihuwa yimkin yisqy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقي |
| She/it(f) might water | hiya yimkin tis'ihiya yimkin tisqy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِسقي |
| They might water | humma yimkin yis'uhumma yimkin yisqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِسقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I water | 'ana bas'iaacnaa basqy | أنا َ بـَسقي |
| We water | 'ihna binis'iiicHnaa binisqy | إحنا َ بـِنـِسقي |
| You(m) water | 'inta bitis'iiicnta bitisqy | إنت َ بـِتـِسقي |
| You(f) water | 'inti bitis'iiicnti bitisqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِسقي |
| You(pl) water | 'intu bitis'uiicntoo bitisqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِسقوا |
| He/it(m) waters | huwa biyis'ihuwa biyisqy | هـُو َ بـِيـِسقي |
| She/it(f) waters | hiya bitis'ihiya bitisqy | هـِي َ بـِتـِسقي |
| They water | humma biyis'uhumma biyisqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِسقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will water | 'ana has'iaacnaa hasqy | أنا َ هـَسقي |
| We will water | 'ihna hanis'iiicHnaa hanisqy | إحنا َ هـَنـِسقي |
| You(m) will water | 'inta hatis'iiicnta hatisqy | إنت َ هـَتـِسقي |
| You(f) will water | 'inti hatis'iiicnti hatisqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِسقي |
| You(pl) will water | 'intu hatis'uiicntoo hatisqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِسقوا |
| He/it(m) will water | huwa hayis'ihuwa hayisqy | هـُو َ هـَيـِسقي |
| She/it(f) will water | hiya hatis'ihiya hatisqy | هـِي َ هـَتـِسقي |
| They will water | humma hayis'uhumma hayisqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِسقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) water! | 'is'iiicsqy | إسقي |
| You(f) water! | 'is'iiicsqy | إسقي |
| You(pl) water! | 'is'uiicsqoo | إسقوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am waterring | 'ana sae'iaacnaa saeqy | أنا َ سا َقي |
| I(f) am waterring | 'ana sa'yaaacnaa saeqyaö | أنا َ سا َقيـَة |
| We are waterring | 'ihna sa'yeeniicHnaa saeqyyn | إحنا َ سا َقيين |
| You(m) are waterring | 'inta sae'iiicnta saeqy | إنت َ سا َقي |
| You(f) are waterring | 'inti sa'yaiicnti saeqyaö | إنت ِ سا َقيـَة |
| You(pl) are waterring | 'intu sa'yeeniicntoo saeqyyn | إنتوا سا َقيين |
| He/it(m) is waterring | huwa sae'ihuwa saeqy | هـُو َ سا َقي |
| She/it(f) is waterring | hiya sa'yahiya saeqyaö | هـِي َ سا َقيـَة |
| They are waterring | humma sa'yeenhumma saeqyyn | هـُمّ َ سا َقيين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is watered | huwa mas'ihuwa masqy | هـُو َ مـَسقي |
| She/it(f) is watered | hiya mas'yahiya masqyaö | هـِي َ مـَسقيـَة |
| They are watered | humma mas'yeenhumma masqyyn | هـُمّ َ مـَسقيين |
