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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  sailed | 'ana 'abhartaacnaa aacbHart | أنا َ أبحـَرت | 
| We  sailed | 'ihna 'abharnaiicHnaa aacbHarnaa | إحنا َ أبحـَرنا | 
| You(m)  sailed | 'inta 'abhartiicnta aacbHart | إنت َ أبحـَرت | 
| You(f)  sailed | 'inti 'abhartiiicnti aacbHarty | إنت ِ أبحـَرتي | 
| You(pl)  sailed | 'intu 'abhartuiicntoo aacbHartoo | إنتوا أبحـَرتوا | 
| He/it(m)  sailed | huwa 'abharhuwa aacbHar | هـُو َ أبحـَر | 
| She/it(f)  sailed | hiya 'abharithiya aacbHarit | هـِي َ أبحـَر ِت | 
| They  sailed | humma 'abharuhumma aacbHaroo | هـُمّ َ أبحـَروا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  sail | 'ana yimkin 'ebhiraacnaa yimkin eebHir | أنا َ يـِمكـِن آبحـِر | 
| We might  sail | 'ihna yimkin nubhiriicHnaa yimkin nubHir | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُبحـِر | 
| You(m) might  sail | 'inta yimkin tubhiriicnta yimkin tubHir | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُبحـِر | 
| You(f) might  sail | 'inti yimkin tubhiriiicnti yimkin tubHiry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُبحـِري | 
| You(pl) might  sail | 'intu yimkin tubhiruiicntoo yimkin tubHiroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُبحـِروا | 
| He/it(m) might  sail | huwa yimkin yubhirhuwa yimkin yubHir | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُبحـِر | 
| She/it(f) might  sail | hiya yimkin tubhirhiya yimkin tubHir | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُبحـِر | 
| They might  sail | humma yimkin yubhiruhumma yimkin yubHiroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُبحـِروا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  sail | 'ana babhiraacnaa babHir | أنا َ بـَبحـِر | 
| We  sail | 'ihna binubhiriicHnaa binubHir | إحنا َ بـِنـُبحـِر | 
| You(m)  sail | 'inta bitubhiriicnta bitubHir | إنت َ بـِتـُبحـِر | 
| You(f)  sail | 'inti bitubhiriiicnti bitubHiry | إنت ِ بـِتـُبحـِري | 
| You(pl)  sail | 'intu bitubhiruiicntoo bitubHiroo | إنتوا بـِتـُبحـِروا | 
| He/it(m)  sails | huwa biyubhirhuwa biyubHir | هـُو َ بـِيـُبحـِر | 
| She/it(f)  sails | hiya bitubhirhiya bitubHir | هـِي َ بـِتـُبحـِر | 
| They  sail | humma biyubhiruhumma biyubHiroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُبحـِروا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  sail | 'ana habhiraacnaa habHir | أنا َ هـَبحـِر | 
| We will  sail | 'ihna hanubhiriicHnaa hanubHir | إحنا َ هـَنـُبحـِر | 
| You(m) will  sail | 'inta hatubhiriicnta hatubHir | إنت َ هـَتـُبحـِر | 
| You(f) will  sail | 'inti hatubhiriiicnti hatubHiry | إنت ِ هـَتـُبحـِري | 
| You(pl) will  sail | 'intu hatubhiruiicntoo hatubHiroo | إنتوا هـَتـُبحـِروا | 
| He/it(m) will  sail | huwa hayubhirhuwa hayubHir | هـُو َ هـَيـُبحـِر | 
| She/it(f) will  sail | hiya hatubhirhiya hatubHir | هـِي َ هـَتـُبحـِر | 
| They will  sail | humma hayubhiruhumma hayubHiroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُبحـِروا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  sail! | 'ibhiriicbHir | إبحـِر | 
| You(f)  sail! | 'ibhiriiicbHiry | إبحـِري | 
| You(pl)  sail! | 'ibhiruiicbHiroo | إبحـِروا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  sailed | huwa mubhirhuwa mubHir | هـُو َ مـُبحـِر | 
| She/it(f) is  sailed | hiya mubhirahiya mubHiraö | هـِي َ مـُبحـِر َة | 
| They are  sailed | humma mubhireenhumma mubHiryn | هـُمّ َ مـُبحـِرين |