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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I sat | 'ana galastaacnaa galast | أنا َ جـَلـَست |
| We sat | 'ihna galasnaiicHnaa galasnaa | إحنا َ جـَلـَسنا |
| You(m) sat | 'inta galastiicnta galast | إنت َ جـَلـَست |
| You(f) sat | 'inti galastiiicnti galasty | إنت ِ جـَلـَستي |
| You(pl) sat | 'intu galastuiicntoo galastoo | إنتوا جـَلـَستوا |
| He/it(m) sat | huwa galashuwa galas | هـُو َ جـَلـَس |
| She/it(f) sat | hiya galasithiya galasit | هـِي َ جـَلـَسـِت |
| They sat | humma galasuhumma galasoo | هـُمّ َ جـَلـَسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might sit | 'ana yimkin 'aglisaacnaa yimkin aacglis | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أجلـِس |
| We might sit | 'ihna yimkin niglisiicHnaa yimkin niglis | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِجلـِس |
| You(m) might sit | 'inta yimkin tiglisiicnta yimkin tiglis | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِجلـِس |
| You(f) might sit | 'inti yimkin tiglisiiicnti yimkin tiglisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِجلـِسي |
| You(pl) might sit | 'intu yimkin tiglisuiicntoo yimkin tiglisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِجلـِسوا |
| He/it(m) might sit | huwa yimkin yiglishuwa yimkin yiglis | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِجلـِس |
| She/it(f) might sit | hiya yimkin tiglishiya yimkin tiglis | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِجلـِس |
| They might sit | humma yimkin yiglisuhumma yimkin yiglisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِجلـِسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I sit | 'ana baglisaacnaa baglis | أنا َ بـَجلـِس |
| We sit | 'ihna biniglisiicHnaa biniglis | إحنا َ بـِنـِجلـِس |
| You(m) sit | 'inta bitiglisiicnta bitiglis | إنت َ بـِتـِجلـِس |
| You(f) sit | 'inti bitiglisiiicnti bitiglisy | إنت ِ بـِتـِجلـِسي |
| You(pl) sit | 'intu bitiglisuiicntoo bitiglisoo | إنتوا بـِتـِجلـِسوا |
| He/it(m) sits | huwa biyiglishuwa biyiglis | هـُو َ بـِيـِجلـِس |
| She/it(f) sits | hiya bitiglishiya bitiglis | هـِي َ بـِتـِجلـِس |
| They sit | humma biyiglisuhumma biyiglisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِجلـِسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will sit | 'ana haglisaacnaa haglis | أنا َ هـَجلـِس |
| We will sit | 'ihna haniglisiicHnaa haniglis | إحنا َ هـَنـِجلـِس |
| You(m) will sit | 'inta hatiglisiicnta hatiglis | إنت َ هـَتـِجلـِس |
| You(f) will sit | 'inti hatiglisiiicnti hatiglisy | إنت ِ هـَتـِجلـِسي |
| You(pl) will sit | 'intu hatiglisuiicntoo hatiglisoo | إنتوا هـَتـِجلـِسوا |
| He/it(m) will sit | huwa hayiglishuwa hayiglis | هـُو َ هـَيـِجلـِس |
| She/it(f) will sit | hiya hatiglishiya hatiglis | هـِي َ هـَتـِجلـِس |
| They will sit | humma hayiglisuhumma hayiglisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِجلـِسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) sit! | 'iglisiicglis | إجلـِس |
| You(f) sit! | 'iglisiiicglisy | إجلـِسي |
| You(pl) sit! | 'iglisuiicglisoo | إجلـِسوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am sitting | 'ana gaelisaacnaa gaelis | أنا َ جا َلـِس |
| I(f) am sitting | 'ana gaelisaaacnaa gaelisaö | أنا َ جا َلـِسـَة |
| We are sitting | 'ihna gaeliseeniicHnaa gaelisyn | إحنا َ جا َلـِسين |
| You(m) are sitting | 'inta gaelisiicnta gaelis | إنت َ جا َلـِس |
| You(f) are sitting | 'inti gaelisaiicnti gaelisaö | إنت ِ جا َلـِسـَة |
| You(pl) are sitting | 'intu gaeliseeniicntoo gaelisyn | إنتوا جا َلـِسين |
| He/it(m) is sitting | huwa gaelishuwa gaelis | هـُو َ جا َلـِس |
| She/it(f) is sitting | hiya gaelisahiya gaelisaö | هـِي َ جا َلـِسـَة |
| They are sitting | humma gaeliseenhumma gaelisyn | هـُمّ َ جا َلـِسين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is sat | huwa maglooshuwa maglws | هـُو َ مـَجلوس |
| She/it(f) is sat | hiya magloosahiya maglwsaö | هـِي َ مـَجلوسـَة |
| They are sat | humma maglooseenhumma maglwsyn | هـُمّ َ مـَجلوسين |
