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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  gossiped | 'ana nammeetaacnaa nammyt | أنا َ نـَمّيت | 
| We  gossiped | 'ihna nammeenaiicHnaa nammynaa | إحنا َ نـَمّينا | 
| You(m)  gossiped | 'inta nammeetiicnta nammyt | إنت َ نـَمّيت | 
| You(f)  gossiped | 'inti nammeetiiicnti nammyty | إنت ِ نـَمّيتي | 
| You(pl)  gossiped | 'intu nammeetuiicntoo nammytoo | إنتوا نـَمّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  gossiped | huwa nammhuwa namm | هـُو َ نـَمّ | 
| She/it(f)  gossiped | hiya nammithiya nammit | هـِي َ نـَمّـِت | 
| They  gossiped | humma nammuhumma nammoo | هـُمّ َ نـَمّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  gossip | 'ana yimkin 'animmaacnaa yimkin aacnimm | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنـِمّ | 
| We might  gossip | 'ihna yimkin ninimmiicHnaa yimkin ninimm | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنـِمّ | 
| You(m) might  gossip | 'inta yimkin tinimmiicnta yimkin tinimm | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـِمّ | 
| You(f) might  gossip | 'inti yimkin tinimmiiicnti yimkin tinimmy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنـِمّي | 
| You(pl) might  gossip | 'intu yimkin tinimmuiicntoo yimkin tinimmoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنـِمّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  gossip | huwa yimkin yinimmhuwa yimkin yinimm | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـِمّ | 
| She/it(f) might  gossip | hiya yimkin tinimmhiya yimkin tinimm | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـِمّ | 
| They might  gossip | humma yimkin yinimmuhumma yimkin yinimmoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـِمّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  gossip | 'ana banimmaacnaa banimm | أنا َ بـَنـِمّ | 
| We  gossip | 'ihna binnimmiicHnaa binnimm | إحنا َ بـِنّـِمّ | 
| You(m)  gossip | 'inta bitnimmiicnta bitnimm | إنت َ بـِتنـِمّ | 
| You(f)  gossip | 'inti bitnimmiiicnti bitnimmy | إنت ِ بـِتنـِمّي | 
| You(pl)  gossip | 'intu bitnimmuiicntoo bitnimmoo | إنتوا بـِتنـِمّوا | 
| He/it(m)  gossips | huwa biyinimmhuwa biyinimm | هـُو َ بـِيـِنـِمّ | 
| She/it(f)  gossips | hiya bitnimmhiya bitnimm | هـِي َ بـِتنـِمّ | 
| They  gossip | humma biyinimmuhumma biyinimmoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنـِمّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  gossip | 'ana hanimmaacnaa hanimm | أنا َ هـَنـِمّ | 
| We will  gossip | 'ihna hannimmiicHnaa hannimm | إحنا َ هـَنّـِمّ | 
| You(m) will  gossip | 'inta hatnimmiicnta hatnimm | إنت َ هـَتنـِمّ | 
| You(f) will  gossip | 'inti hatnimmiiicnti hatnimmy | إنت ِ هـَتنـِمّي | 
| You(pl) will  gossip | 'intu hatnimmuiicntoo hatnimmoo | إنتوا هـَتنـِمّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  gossip | huwa hayinimmhuwa hayinimm | هـُو َ هـَيـِنـِمّ | 
| She/it(f) will  gossip | hiya hatnimmhiya hatnimm | هـِي َ هـَتنـِمّ | 
| They will  gossip | humma hayinimmuhumma hayinimmoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنـِمّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  gossip! | nimmnimm | نـِمّ | 
| You(f)  gossip! | nimminimmy | نـِمّي | 
| You(pl)  gossip! | nimmunimmoo | نـِمّوا |