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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  stapled | 'ana dabbistaacnaa dabbist | أنا َ د َبّـِست | 
| We  stapled | 'ihna dabbisnaiicHnaa dabbisnaa | إحنا َ د َبّـِسنا | 
| You(m)  stapled | 'inta dabbistiicnta dabbist | إنت َ د َبّـِست | 
| You(f)  stapled | 'inti dabbistiiicnti dabbisty | إنت ِ د َبّـِستي | 
| You(pl)  stapled | 'intu dabbistuiicntoo dabbistoo | إنتوا د َبّـِستوا | 
| He/it(m)  stapled | huwa dabbishuwa dabbis | هـُو َ د َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f)  stapled | hiya dabbisithiya dabbisit | هـِي َ د َبّـِسـِت | 
| They  stapled | humma dabbisuhumma dabbisoo | هـُمّ َ د َبّـِسوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  staple | 'ana yimkin 'adabbisaacnaa yimkin aacdabbis | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أد َبّـِس | 
| We might  staple | 'ihna yimkin nidabbisiicHnaa yimkin nidabbis | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِد َبّـِس | 
| You(m) might  staple | 'inta yimkin tidabbisiicnta yimkin tidabbis | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس | 
| You(f) might  staple | 'inti yimkin tidabbisiiicnti yimkin tidabbisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl) might  staple | 'intu yimkin tidabbisuiicntoo yimkin tidabbisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m) might  staple | huwa yimkin yidabbishuwa yimkin yidabbis | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) might  staple | hiya yimkin tidabbishiya yimkin tidabbis | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِد َبّـِس | 
| They might  staple | humma yimkin yidabbisuhumma yimkin yidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  staple | 'ana badabbisaacnaa badabbis | أنا َ بـَد َبّـِس | 
| We  staple | 'ihna bindabbisiicHnaa bindabbis | إحنا َ بـِند َبّـِس | 
| You(m)  staple | 'inta bitdabbisiicnta bitdabbis | إنت َ بـِتد َبّـِس | 
| You(f)  staple | 'inti bitdabbisiiicnti bitdabbisy | إنت ِ بـِتد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl)  staple | 'intu bitdabbisuiicntoo bitdabbisoo | إنتوا بـِتد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m)  staples | huwa biyidabbishuwa biyidabbis | هـُو َ بـِيـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f)  staples | hiya bitdabbishiya bitdabbis | هـِي َ بـِتد َبّـِس | 
| They  staple | humma biyidabbisuhumma biyidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  staple | 'ana hadabbisaacnaa hadabbis | أنا َ هـَد َبّـِس | 
| We will  staple | 'ihna handabbisiicHnaa handabbis | إحنا َ هـَند َبّـِس | 
| You(m) will  staple | 'inta hatdabbisiicnta hatdabbis | إنت َ هـَتد َبّـِس | 
| You(f) will  staple | 'inti hatdabbisiiicnti hatdabbisy | إنت ِ هـَتد َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl) will  staple | 'intu hatdabbisuiicntoo hatdabbisoo | إنتوا هـَتد َبّـِسوا | 
| He/it(m) will  staple | huwa hayidabbishuwa hayidabbis | هـُو َ هـَيـِد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) will  staple | hiya hatdabbishiya hatdabbis | هـِي َ هـَتد َبّـِس | 
| They will  staple | humma hayidabbisuhumma hayidabbisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِد َبّـِسوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  staple! | dabbisdabbis | د َبّـِس | 
| You(f)  staple! | dabbisidabbisy | د َبّـِسي | 
| You(pl)  staple! | dabbisudabbisoo | د َبّـِسوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  stapled | huwa mudabbishuwa mudabbis | هـُو َ مـُد َبّـِس | 
| She/it(f) is  stapled | hiya mudabbisahiya mudabbisaö | هـِي َ مـُد َبّـِسـَة | 
| They are  stapled | humma mudabbiseenhumma mudabbisyn | هـُمّ َ مـُد َبّـِسين |