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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lay | 'ana 'itmaddidtaacnaa iictmaddidt |  أنا َ إتمـَدّ ِدت | 
| We  lay | 'ihna 'itmaddidnaiicHnaa iictmaddidnaa |  إحنا َ إتمـَدّ ِدنا | 
| You(m)  lay | 'inta 'itmaddidtiicnta iictmaddidt |  إنت َ إتمـَدّ ِدت | 
| You(f)  lay | 'inti 'itmaddidtiiicnti iictmaddidty |  إنت ِ إتمـَدّ ِدتي | 
| You(pl)  lay | 'intu 'itmaddidtuiicntoo iictmaddidtoo |  إنتوا إتمـَدّ ِدتوا | 
| He/it(m)  lay | huwa 'itmaddidhuwa iictmaddid |  هـُو َ إتمـَدّ ِد | 
| She/it(f)  lay | hiya 'itmaddidithiya iictmaddidit |  هـِي َ إتمـَدّ ِد ِت | 
| They  lay | humma 'itmaddiduhumma iictmaddidoo |  هـُمّ َ إتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  lie | 'ana yimkin 'atmaddidaacnaa yimkin aactmaddid |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتمـَدّ ِد | 
| We might  lie | 'ihna yimkin nitmaddidiicHnaa yimkin nitmaddid |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(m) might  lie | 'inta yimkin titmaddidiicnta yimkin titmaddid |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(f) might  lie | 'inti yimkin titmaddidiiicnti yimkin titmaddidy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِدي | 
| You(pl) might  lie | 'intu yimkin titmaddiduiicntoo yimkin titmaddidoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
| He/it(m) might  lie | huwa yimkin yitmaddidhuwa yimkin yitmaddid |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| She/it(f) might  lie | hiya yimkin titmaddidhiya yimkin titmaddid |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| They might  lie | humma yimkin yitmaddiduhumma yimkin yitmaddidoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lie | 'ana batmaddidaacnaa batmaddid |  أنا َ بـَتمـَدّ ِد | 
| We  lie | 'ihna binitmaddidiicHnaa binitmaddid |  إحنا َ بـِنـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(m)  lie | 'inta bititmaddidiicnta bititmaddid |  إنت َ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(f)  lie | 'inti bititmaddidiiicnti bititmaddidy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِدي | 
| You(pl)  lie | 'intu bititmaddiduiicntoo bititmaddidoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
| He/it(m)  lies | huwa biyitmaddidhuwa biyitmaddid |  هـُو َ بـِيـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| She/it(f)  lies | hiya bititmaddidhiya bititmaddid |  هـِي َ بـِتـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| They  lie | humma biyitmaddiduhumma biyitmaddidoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  lie | 'ana hatmaddidaacnaa hatmaddid |  أنا َ هـَتمـَدّ ِد | 
| We will  lie | 'ihna hanitmaddidiicHnaa hanitmaddid |  إحنا َ هـَنـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(m) will  lie | 'inta hatitmaddidiicnta hatitmaddid |  إنت َ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(f) will  lie | 'inti hatitmaddidiiicnti hatitmaddidy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِدي | 
| You(pl) will  lie | 'intu hatitmaddiduiicntoo hatitmaddidoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
| He/it(m) will  lie | huwa hayitmaddidhuwa hayitmaddid |  هـُو َ هـَيـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| She/it(f) will  lie | hiya hatitmaddidhiya hatitmaddid |  هـِي َ هـَتـِتمـَدّ ِد | 
| They will  lie | humma hayitmaddiduhumma hayitmaddidoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  lie! | 'itmaddidiictmaddid |  إتمـَدّ ِد | 
| You(f)  lie! | 'itmaddidiiictmaddidy |  إتمـَدّ ِدي | 
| You(pl)  lie! | 'itmaddiduiictmaddidoo |  إتمـَدّ ِدوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  lain | huwa mutamaddidhuwa mutamaddid |  هـُو َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِد | 
| She/it(f) is  lain | hiya mutamaddidahiya mutamaddidaö |  هـِي َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِد َة | 
| They are  lain | humma mutamaddideenhumma mutamaddidyn |  هـُمّ َ مـُتـَمـَدّ ِدين |