Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I woke | 'ana siheetaacnaa SiHyt | أنا َ صـِحيت |
| We woke | 'ihna siheenaiicHnaa SiHynaa | إحنا َ صـِحينا |
| You(m) woke | 'inta siheetiicnta SiHyt | إنت َ صـِحيت |
| You(f) woke | 'inti siheetiiicnti SiHyty | إنت ِ صـِحيتي |
| You(pl) woke | 'intu siheetuiicntoo SiHytoo | إنتوا صـِحيتوا |
| He/it(m) woke | huwa sihihuwa SiHy | هـُو َ صـِحي |
| She/it(f) woke | hiya sihyithiya SiHyit | هـِي َ صـِحيـِت |
| They woke | humma sihyuhumma SiHyoo | هـُمّ َ صـِحيوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might wake | 'ana yimkin 'ashaaacnaa yimkin aacSHY | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصحى |
| We might wake | 'ihna yimkin nishaiicHnaa yimkin niSHY | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصحى |
| You(m) might wake | 'inta yimkin tishaiicnta yimkin tiSHY | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصحى |
| You(f) might wake | 'inti yimkin tishiiicnti yimkin tiSHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصحي |
| You(pl) might wake | 'intu yimkin tishuiicntoo yimkin tiSHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصحوا |
| He/it(m) might wake | huwa yimkin yishahuwa yimkin yiSHY | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصحى |
| She/it(f) might wake | hiya yimkin tishahiya yimkin tiSHY | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصحى |
| They might wake | humma yimkin yishuhumma yimkin yiSHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصحوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I wake | 'ana bashaaacnaa baSHY | أنا َ بـَصحى |
| We wake | 'ihna binishaiicHnaa biniSHY | إحنا َ بـِنـِصحى |
| You(m) wake | 'inta bitishaiicnta bitiSHY | إنت َ بـِتـِصحى |
| You(f) wake | 'inti bitishiiicnti bitiSHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِصحي |
| You(pl) wake | 'intu bitishuiicntoo bitiSHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِصحوا |
| He/it(m) wakes | huwa biyishahuwa biyiSHY | هـُو َ بـِيـِصحى |
| She/it(f) wakes | hiya bitishahiya bitiSHY | هـِي َ بـِتـِصحى |
| They wake | humma biyishuhumma biyiSHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصحوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will wake | 'ana hashaaacnaa haSHY | أنا َ هـَصحى |
| We will wake | 'ihna hanishaiicHnaa haniSHY | إحنا َ هـَنـِصحى |
| You(m) will wake | 'inta hatishaiicnta hatiSHY | إنت َ هـَتـِصحى |
| You(f) will wake | 'inti hatishiiicnti hatiSHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِصحي |
| You(pl) will wake | 'intu hatishuiicntoo hatiSHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِصحوا |
| He/it(m) will wake | huwa hayishahuwa hayiSHY | هـُو َ هـَيـِصحى |
| She/it(f) will wake | hiya hatishahiya hatiSHY | هـِي َ هـَتـِصحى |
| They will wake | humma hayishuhumma hayiSHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصحوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) wake! | 'ishaiicSHY | إصحى |
| You(f) wake! | 'ishiiicSHy | إصحي |
| You(pl) wake! | 'ishuiicSHoo | إصحوا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am waking | 'ana saahiaacnaa SaaHy | أنا َ صا َحي |
| I(f) am waking | 'ana sahyaaacnaa SaaHyaö | أنا َ صا َحيـَة |
| We are waking | 'ihna sahyeeniicHnaa SaaHyyn | إحنا َ صا َحيين |
| You(m) are waking | 'inta saahiiicnta SaaHy | إنت َ صا َحي |
| You(f) are waking | 'inti sahyaiicnti SaaHyaö | إنت ِ صا َحيـَة |
| You(pl) are waking | 'intu sahyeeniicntoo SaaHyyn | إنتوا صا َحيين |
| He/it(m) is waking | huwa saahihuwa SaaHy | هـُو َ صا َحي |
| She/it(f) is waking | hiya sahyahiya SaaHyaö | هـِي َ صا َحيـَة |
| They are waking | humma sahyeenhumma SaaHyyn | هـُمّ َ صا َحيين |
