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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  served | 'ana 'addimtaacnaa qaddimt | أنا َ قـَدّ ِمت | 
| We  served | 'ihna 'addimnaiicHnaa qaddimnaa | إحنا َ قـَدّ ِمنا | 
| You(m)  served | 'inta 'addimtiicnta qaddimt | إنت َ قـَدّ ِمت | 
| You(f)  served | 'inti 'addimtiiicnti qaddimty | إنت ِ قـَدّ ِمتي | 
| You(pl)  served | 'intu 'addimtuiicntoo qaddimtoo | إنتوا قـَدّ ِمتوا | 
| He/it(m)  served | huwa 'addimhuwa qaddim | هـُو َ قـَدّ ِم | 
| She/it(f)  served | hiya 'addimithiya qaddimit | هـِي َ قـَدّ ِمـِت | 
| They  served | humma 'addimuhumma qaddimoo | هـُمّ َ قـَدّ ِموا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  serve | 'ana yimkin 'a'addimaacnaa yimkin aacqaddim | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَدّ ِم | 
| We might  serve | 'ihna yimkin ni'addimiicHnaa yimkin niqaddim | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(m) might  serve | 'inta yimkin ti'addimiicnta yimkin tiqaddim | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(f) might  serve | 'inti yimkin ti'addimiiicnti yimkin tiqaddimy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ ِمي | 
| You(pl) might  serve | 'intu yimkin ti'addimuiicntoo yimkin tiqaddimoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ ِموا | 
| He/it(m) might  serve | huwa yimkin yi'addimhuwa yimkin yiqaddim | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| She/it(f) might  serve | hiya yimkin ti'addimhiya yimkin tiqaddim | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| They might  serve | humma yimkin yi'addimuhumma yimkin yiqaddimoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَدّ ِموا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  serve | 'ana ba'addimaacnaa baqaddim | أنا َ بـَقـَدّ ِم | 
| We  serve | 'ihna bin'addimiicHnaa binqaddim | إحنا َ بـِنقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(m)  serve | 'inta bit'addimiicnta bitqaddim | إنت َ بـِتقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(f)  serve | 'inti bit'addimiiicnti bitqaddimy | إنت ِ بـِتقـَدّ ِمي | 
| You(pl)  serve | 'intu bit'addimuiicntoo bitqaddimoo | إنتوا بـِتقـَدّ ِموا | 
| He/it(m)  serves | huwa biyi'addimhuwa biyiqaddim | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| She/it(f)  serves | hiya bit'addimhiya bitqaddim | هـِي َ بـِتقـَدّ ِم | 
| They  serve | humma biyi'addimuhumma biyiqaddimoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَدّ ِموا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  serve | 'ana ha'addimaacnaa haqaddim | أنا َ هـَقـَدّ ِم | 
| We will  serve | 'ihna han'addimiicHnaa hanqaddim | إحنا َ هـَنقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(m) will  serve | 'inta hat'addimiicnta hatqaddim | إنت َ هـَتقـَدّ ِم | 
| You(f) will  serve | 'inti hat'addimiiicnti hatqaddimy | إنت ِ هـَتقـَدّ ِمي | 
| You(pl) will  serve | 'intu hat'addimuiicntoo hatqaddimoo | إنتوا هـَتقـَدّ ِموا | 
| He/it(m) will  serve | huwa hayi'addimhuwa hayiqaddim | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَدّ ِم | 
| She/it(f) will  serve | hiya hat'addimhiya hatqaddim | هـِي َ هـَتقـَدّ ِم | 
| They will  serve | humma hayi'addimuhumma hayiqaddimoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَدّ ِموا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  serve! | 'addimqaddim | قـَدّ ِم | 
| You(f)  serve! | 'addimiqaddimy | قـَدّ ِمي | 
| You(pl)  serve! | 'addimuqaddimoo | قـَدّ ِموا |