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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  dreamt | 'ana hilimtaacnaa Hilimt | أنا َ حـِلـِمت | 
| We  dreamt | 'ihna hilimnaiicHnaa Hilimnaa | إحنا َ حـِلـِمنا | 
| You(m)  dreamt | 'inta hilimtiicnta Hilimt | إنت َ حـِلـِمت | 
| You(f)  dreamt | 'inti hilimtiiicnti Hilimty | إنت ِ حـِلـِمتي | 
| You(pl)  dreamt | 'intu hilimtuiicntoo Hilimtoo | إنتوا حـِلـِمتوا | 
| He/it(m)  dreamt | huwa hilimhuwa Hilim | هـُو َ حـِلـِم | 
| She/it(f)  dreamt | hiya hilmithiya Hilmit | هـِي َ حـِلمـِت | 
| They  dreamt | humma hilmuhumma Hilmoo | هـُمّ َ حـِلموا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  dream | 'ana yimkin 'ahlamaacnaa yimkin aacHlam | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحلـَم | 
| We might  dream | 'ihna yimkin nihlamiicHnaa yimkin niHlam | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحلـَم | 
| You(m) might  dream | 'inta yimkin tihlamiicnta yimkin tiHlam | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَم | 
| You(f) might  dream | 'inti yimkin tihlamiiicnti yimkin tiHlamy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَمي | 
| You(pl) might  dream | 'intu yimkin tihlamuiicntoo yimkin tiHlamoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَموا | 
| He/it(m) might  dream | huwa yimkin yihlamhuwa yimkin yiHlam | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحلـَم | 
| She/it(f) might  dream | hiya yimkin tihlamhiya yimkin tiHlam | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَم | 
| They might  dream | humma yimkin yihlamuhumma yimkin yiHlamoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحلـَموا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  dream | 'ana bahlamaacnaa baHlam | أنا َ بـَحلـَم | 
| We  dream | 'ihna binihlamiicHnaa biniHlam | إحنا َ بـِنـِحلـَم | 
| You(m)  dream | 'inta bitihlamiicnta bitiHlam | إنت َ بـِتـِحلـَم | 
| You(f)  dream | 'inti bitihlamiiicnti bitiHlamy | إنت ِ بـِتـِحلـَمي | 
| You(pl)  dream | 'intu bitihlamuiicntoo bitiHlamoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحلـَموا | 
| He/it(m)  dreams | huwa biyihlamhuwa biyiHlam | هـُو َ بـِيـِحلـَم | 
| She/it(f)  dreams | hiya bitihlamhiya bitiHlam | هـِي َ بـِتـِحلـَم | 
| They  dream | humma biyihlamuhumma biyiHlamoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحلـَموا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  dream | 'ana hahlamaacnaa haHlam | أنا َ هـَحلـَم | 
| We will  dream | 'ihna hanihlamiicHnaa haniHlam | إحنا َ هـَنـِحلـَم | 
| You(m) will  dream | 'inta hatihlamiicnta hatiHlam | إنت َ هـَتـِحلـَم | 
| You(f) will  dream | 'inti hatihlamiiicnti hatiHlamy | إنت ِ هـَتـِحلـَمي | 
| You(pl) will  dream | 'intu hatihlamuiicntoo hatiHlamoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحلـَموا | 
| He/it(m) will  dream | huwa hayihlamhuwa hayiHlam | هـُو َ هـَيـِحلـَم | 
| She/it(f) will  dream | hiya hatihlamhiya hatiHlam | هـِي َ هـَتـِحلـَم | 
| They will  dream | humma hayihlamuhumma hayiHlamoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحلـَموا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  dream! | 'ihlimiicHlim | إحلـِم | 
| You(f)  dream! | 'ihlimiiicHlimy | إحلـِمي | 
| You(pl)  dream! | 'ihlimuiicHlimoo | إحلـِموا |