Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I barked | 'ana hawhawtaacnaa hawhawt | أنا َ هـَوهـَوت |
| We barked | 'ihna hawhawnaiicHnaa hawhawnaa | إحنا َ هـَوهـَونا |
| You(m) barked | 'inta hawhawtiicnta hawhawt | إنت َ هـَوهـَوت |
| You(f) barked | 'inti hawhawtiiicnti hawhawty | إنت ِ هـَوهـَوتي |
| You(pl) barked | 'intu hawhawtuiicntoo hawhawtoo | إنتوا هـَوهـَوتوا |
| He/it(m) barked | huwa hawhawhuwa hawhaw | هـُو َ هـَوهـَو |
| She/it(f) barked | hiya hawhawithiya hawhawit | هـِي َ هـَوهـَو ِت |
| They barked | humma hawhawuhumma hawhawoo | هـُمّ َ هـَوهـَووا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might bark | 'ana yimkin 'ahawhawaacnaa yimkin aachawhaw | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـَوهـَو |
| We might bark | 'ihna yimkin nihawhawiicHnaa yimkin nihawhaw | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـَوهـَو |
| You(m) might bark | 'inta yimkin tihawhawiicnta yimkin tihawhaw | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَوهـَو |
| You(f) might bark | 'inti yimkin tihawhawiiicnti yimkin tihawhawy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَوهـَوي |
| You(pl) might bark | 'intu yimkin tihawhawuiicntoo yimkin tihawhawoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـَوهـَووا |
| He/it(m) might bark | huwa yimkin yihawhawhuwa yimkin yihawhaw | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَوهـَو |
| She/it(f) might bark | hiya yimkin tihawhawhiya yimkin tihawhaw | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـَوهـَو |
| They might bark | humma yimkin yihawhawuhumma yimkin yihawhawoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـَوهـَووا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I bark | 'ana bahawhawaacnaa bahawhaw | أنا َ بـَهـَوهـَو |
| We bark | 'ihna binhawhawiicHnaa binhawhaw | إحنا َ بـِنهـَوهـَو |
| You(m) bark | 'inta bithawhawiicnta bithawhaw | إنت َ بـِثـَوهـَو |
| You(f) bark | 'inti bithawhawiiicnti bithawhawy | إنت ِ بـِثـَوهـَوي |
| You(pl) bark | 'intu bithawhawuiicntoo bithawhawoo | إنتوا بـِثـَوهـَووا |
| He/it(m) barks | huwa biyihawhawhuwa biyihawhaw | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـَوهـَو |
| She/it(f) barks | hiya bithawhawhiya bithawhaw | هـِي َ بـِثـَوهـَو |
| They bark | humma biyihawhawuhumma biyihawhawoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـَوهـَووا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will bark | 'ana hahawhawaacnaa hahawhaw | أنا َ هـَهـَوهـَو |
| We will bark | 'ihna hanihawhawiicHnaa hanihawhaw | إحنا َ هـَنـِهـَوهـَو |
| You(m) will bark | 'inta hatihawhawiicnta hatihawhaw | إنت َ هـَتـِهـَوهـَو |
| You(f) will bark | 'inti hatihawhawiiicnti hatihawhawy | إنت ِ هـَتـِهـَوهـَوي |
| You(pl) will bark | 'intu hatihawhawuiicntoo hatihawhawoo | إنتوا هـَتـِهـَوهـَووا |
| He/it(m) will bark | huwa hayihawhawhuwa hayihawhaw | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـَوهـَو |
| She/it(f) will bark | hiya hatihawhawhiya hatihawhaw | هـِي َ هـَتـِهـَوهـَو |
| They will bark | humma hayihawhawuhumma hayihawhawoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـَوهـَووا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) bark! | hawhawhawhaw | هـَوهـَو |
| You(f) bark! | hawhawihawhawy | هـَوهـَوي |
| You(pl) bark! | hawhawuhawhawoo | هـَوهـَووا |
