Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I dawdled | 'ana 'itsahhabtaacnaa iictsaHHabt | أنا َ إتسـَحّـَبت |
| We dawdled | 'ihna 'itsahhabnaiicHnaa iictsaHHabnaa | إحنا َ إتسـَحّـَبنا |
| You(m) dawdled | 'inta 'itsahhabtiicnta iictsaHHabt | إنت َ إتسـَحّـَبت |
| You(f) dawdled | 'inti 'itsahhabtiiicnti iictsaHHabty | إنت ِ إتسـَحّـَبتي |
| You(pl) dawdled | 'intu 'itsahhabtuiicntoo iictsaHHabtoo | إنتوا إتسـَحّـَبتوا |
| He/it(m) dawdled | huwa 'itsahhabhuwa iictsaHHab | هـُو َ إتسـَحّـَب |
| She/it(f) dawdled | hiya 'itsahhabithiya iictsaHHabit | هـِي َ إتسـَحّـَبـِت |
| They dawdled | humma 'itsahhabuhumma iictsaHHaboo | هـُمّ َ إتسـَحّـَبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might dawdle | 'ana yimkin 'atsahhabaacnaa yimkin aactsaHHab | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتسـَحّـَب |
| We might dawdle | 'ihna yimkin nitsahhabiicHnaa yimkin nitsaHHab | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(m) might dawdle | 'inta yimkin titsahhabiicnta yimkin titsaHHab | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(f) might dawdle | 'inti yimkin titsahhabiiicnti yimkin titsaHHaby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحّـَبي |
| You(pl) might dawdle | 'intu yimkin titsahhabuiicntoo yimkin titsaHHaboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) might dawdle | huwa yimkin yitsahhabhuwa yimkin yitsaHHab | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَحّـَب |
| She/it(f) might dawdle | hiya yimkin titsahhabhiya yimkin titsaHHab | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَحّـَب |
| They might dawdle | humma yimkin yitsahhabuhumma yimkin yitsaHHaboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I dawdle | 'ana batsahhabaacnaa batsaHHab | أنا َ بـَتسـَحّـَب |
| We dawdle | 'ihna binitsahhabiicHnaa binitsaHHab | إحنا َ بـِنـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(m) dawdle | 'inta bititsahhabiicnta bititsaHHab | إنت َ بـِتـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(f) dawdle | 'inti bititsahhabiiicnti bititsaHHaby | إنت ِ بـِتـِتسـَحّـَبي |
| You(pl) dawdle | 'intu bititsahhabuiicntoo bititsaHHaboo | إنتوا بـِتـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) dawdles | huwa biyitsahhabhuwa biyitsaHHab | هـُو َ بـِيـِتسـَحّـَب |
| She/it(f) dawdles | hiya bititsahhabhiya bititsaHHab | هـِي َ بـِتـِتسـَحّـَب |
| They dawdle | humma biyitsahhabuhumma biyitsaHHaboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will dawdle | 'ana hatsahhabaacnaa hatsaHHab | أنا َ هـَتسـَحّـَب |
| We will dawdle | 'ihna hanitsahhabiicHnaa hanitsaHHab | إحنا َ هـَنـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(m) will dawdle | 'inta hatitsahhabiicnta hatitsaHHab | إنت َ هـَتـِتسـَحّـَب |
| You(f) will dawdle | 'inti hatitsahhabiiicnti hatitsaHHaby | إنت ِ هـَتـِتسـَحّـَبي |
| You(pl) will dawdle | 'intu hatitsahhabuiicntoo hatitsaHHaboo | إنتوا هـَتـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
| He/it(m) will dawdle | huwa hayitsahhabhuwa hayitsaHHab | هـُو َ هـَيـِتسـَحّـَب |
| She/it(f) will dawdle | hiya hatitsahhabhiya hatitsaHHab | هـِي َ هـَتـِتسـَحّـَب |
| They will dawdle | humma hayitsahhabuhumma hayitsaHHaboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتسـَحّـَبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) dawdle! | 'itsahhabiictsaHHab | إتسـَحّـَب |
| You(f) dawdle! | 'itsahhabiiictsaHHaby | إتسـَحّـَبي |
| You(pl) dawdle! | 'itsahhabuiictsaHHaboo | إتسـَحّـَبوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is dawdled | huwa mitsahhabhuwa mitsaHHab | هـُو َ مـِتسـَحّـَب |
| She/it(f) is dawdled | hiya mitsahhabahiya mitsaHHabaö | هـِي َ مـِتسـَحّـَبـَة |
| They are dawdled | humma mitsahhabeenhumma mitsaHHabyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتسـَحّـَبين |
