Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I amused | 'ana 'itsalleetaacnaa iictsallyt | أنا َ إتسـَلّيت |
| We amused | 'ihna 'itsalleenaiicHnaa iictsallynaa | إحنا َ إتسـَلّينا |
| You(m) amused | 'inta 'itsalleetiicnta iictsallyt | إنت َ إتسـَلّيت |
| You(f) amused | 'inti 'itsalleetiiicnti iictsallyty | إنت ِ إتسـَلّيتي |
| You(pl) amused | 'intu 'itsalleetuiicntoo iictsallytoo | إنتوا إتسـَلّيتوا |
| He/it(m) amused | huwa 'itsallahuwa iictsallaa | هـُو َ إتسـَلّا |
| She/it(f) amused | hiya 'itsallithiya iictsallit | هـِي َ إتسـَلّـِت |
| They amused | humma 'itsalluhumma iictsalloo | هـُمّ َ إتسـَلّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might amuse | 'ana yimkin 'atsallaaacnaa yimkin aactsallaa | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتسـَلّا |
| We might amuse | 'ihna yimkin nitsallaiicHnaa yimkin nitsallaa | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتسـَلّا |
| You(m) might amuse | 'inta yimkin titsallaiicnta yimkin titsallaa | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلّا |
| You(f) might amuse | 'inti yimkin titsalliiicnti yimkin titsally | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلّي |
| You(pl) might amuse | 'intu yimkin titsalluiicntoo yimkin titsalloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) might amuse | huwa yimkin yitsallahuwa yimkin yitsallaa | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلّا |
| She/it(f) might amuse | hiya yimkin titsallahiya yimkin titsallaa | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلّا |
| They might amuse | humma yimkin yitsalluhumma yimkin yitsalloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I amuse | 'ana batsallaaacnaa batsallaa | أنا َ بـَتسـَلّا |
| We amuse | 'ihna binitsallaiicHnaa binitsallaa | إحنا َ بـِنـِتسـَلّا |
| You(m) amuse | 'inta bititsallaiicnta bititsallaa | إنت َ بـِتـِتسـَلّا |
| You(f) amuse | 'inti bititsalliiicnti bititsally | إنت ِ بـِتـِتسـَلّي |
| You(pl) amuse | 'intu bititsalluiicntoo bititsalloo | إنتوا بـِتـِتسـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) amuses | huwa biyitsallahuwa biyitsallaa | هـُو َ بـِيـِتسـَلّا |
| She/it(f) amuses | hiya bititsallahiya bititsallaa | هـِي َ بـِتـِتسـَلّا |
| They amuse | humma biyitsalluhumma biyitsalloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتسـَلّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will amuse | 'ana hatsallaaacnaa hatsallaa | أنا َ هـَتسـَلّا |
| We will amuse | 'ihna hanitsallaiicHnaa hanitsallaa | إحنا َ هـَنـِتسـَلّا |
| You(m) will amuse | 'inta hatitsallaiicnta hatitsallaa | إنت َ هـَتـِتسـَلّا |
| You(f) will amuse | 'inti hatitsalliiicnti hatitsally | إنت ِ هـَتـِتسـَلّي |
| You(pl) will amuse | 'intu hatitsalluiicntoo hatitsalloo | إنتوا هـَتـِتسـَلّوا |
| He/it(m) will amuse | huwa hayitsallahuwa hayitsallaa | هـُو َ هـَيـِتسـَلّا |
| She/it(f) will amuse | hiya hatitsallahiya hatitsallaa | هـِي َ هـَتـِتسـَلّا |
| They will amuse | humma hayitsalluhumma hayitsalloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتسـَلّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) amuse! | 'itsallaiictsallaa | إتسـَلّا |
| You(f) amuse! | 'itsalliiictsally | إتسـَلّي |
| You(pl) amuse! | 'itsalluiictsalloo | إتسـَلّوا |
