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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  sustained | 'ana qawweetaacnaa Qawwyt |  أنا َ قـَوّيت | 
| We  sustained | 'ihna qawweenaiicHnaa Qawwynaa |  إحنا َ قـَوّينا | 
| You(m)  sustained | 'inta qawweetiicnta Qawwyt |  إنت َ قـَوّيت | 
| You(f)  sustained | 'inti qawweetiiicnti Qawwyty |  إنت ِ قـَوّيتي | 
| You(pl)  sustained | 'intu qawweetuiicntoo Qawwytoo |  إنتوا قـَوّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  sustained | huwa qawwahuwa QawwY |  هـُو َ قـَوّى | 
| She/it(f)  sustained | hiya qawwithiya Qawwit |  هـِي َ قـَوّ ِت | 
| They  sustained | humma qawwuhumma Qawwoo |  هـُمّ َ قـَوّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  sustain | 'ana yimkin 'aqawwiaacnaa yimkin aacQawwy |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَوّي | 
| We might  sustain | 'ihna yimkin niqawwiiicHnaa yimkin niQawwy |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَوّي | 
| You(m) might  sustain | 'inta yimkin tiqawwiiicnta yimkin tiQawwy |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّي | 
| You(f) might  sustain | 'inti yimkin tiqawwiiicnti yimkin tiQawwy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّي | 
| You(pl) might  sustain | 'intu yimkin tiqawwuiicntoo yimkin tiQawwoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  sustain | huwa yimkin yiqawwihuwa yimkin yiQawwy |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَوّي | 
| She/it(f) might  sustain | hiya yimkin tiqawwihiya yimkin tiQawwy |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَوّي | 
| They might  sustain | humma yimkin yiqawwuhumma yimkin yiQawwoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَوّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  sustain | 'ana baqawwiaacnaa baQawwy |  أنا َ بـَقـَوّي | 
| We  sustain | 'ihna binqawwiiicHnaa binQawwy |  إحنا َ بـِنقـَوّي | 
| You(m)  sustain | 'inta bitqawwiiicnta bitQawwy |  إنت َ بـِتقـَوّي | 
| You(f)  sustain | 'inti bitqawwiiicnti bitQawwy |  إنت ِ بـِتقـَوّي | 
| You(pl)  sustain | 'intu bitqawwuiicntoo bitQawwoo |  إنتوا بـِتقـَوّوا | 
| He/it(m)  sustains | huwa biyiqawwihuwa biyiQawwy |  هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَوّي | 
| She/it(f)  sustains | hiya bitqawwihiya bitQawwy |  هـِي َ بـِتقـَوّي | 
| They  sustain | humma biyiqawwuhumma biyiQawwoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَوّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  sustain | 'ana haqawwiaacnaa haQawwy |  أنا َ هـَقـَوّي | 
| We will  sustain | 'ihna hanqawwiiicHnaa hanQawwy |  إحنا َ هـَنقـَوّي | 
| You(m) will  sustain | 'inta hatqawwiiicnta hatQawwy |  إنت َ هـَتقـَوّي | 
| You(f) will  sustain | 'inti hatqawwiiicnti hatQawwy |  إنت ِ هـَتقـَوّي | 
| You(pl) will  sustain | 'intu hatqawwuiicntoo hatQawwoo |  إنتوا هـَتقـَوّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  sustain | huwa hayiqawwihuwa hayiQawwy |  هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَوّي | 
| She/it(f) will  sustain | hiya hatqawwihiya hatQawwy |  هـِي َ هـَتقـَوّي | 
| They will  sustain | humma hayiqawwuhumma hayiQawwoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَوّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  sustain! | qawwiQawwy |  قـَوّي | 
| You(f)  sustain! | qawwiQawwy |  قـَوّي | 
| You(pl)  sustain! | qawwuQawwoo |  قـَوّوا |