Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I woke | 'ana sahheetaacnaa SaHHyt | أنا َ صـَحّيت |
| We woke | 'ihna sahheenaiicHnaa SaHHynaa | إحنا َ صـَحّينا |
| You(m) woke | 'inta sahheetiicnta SaHHyt | إنت َ صـَحّيت |
| You(f) woke | 'inti sahheetiiicnti SaHHyty | إنت ِ صـَحّيتي |
| You(pl) woke | 'intu sahheetuiicntoo SaHHytoo | إنتوا صـَحّيتوا |
| He/it(m) woke | huwa sahhahuwa SaHHY | هـُو َ صـَحّى |
| She/it(f) woke | hiya sahhithiya SaHHit | هـِي َ صـَحّـِت |
| They woke | humma sahhuhumma SaHHoo | هـُمّ َ صـَحّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might wake | 'ana yimkin 'asahhiaacnaa yimkin aacSaHHy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَحّي |
| We might wake | 'ihna yimkin nisahhiiicHnaa yimkin niSaHHy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَحّي |
| You(m) might wake | 'inta yimkin tisahhiiicnta yimkin tiSaHHy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي |
| You(f) might wake | 'inti yimkin tisahhiiicnti yimkin tiSaHHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي |
| You(pl) might wake | 'intu yimkin tisahhuiicntoo yimkin tiSaHHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّوا |
| He/it(m) might wake | huwa yimkin yisahhihuwa yimkin yiSaHHy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَحّي |
| She/it(f) might wake | hiya yimkin tisahhihiya yimkin tiSaHHy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَحّي |
| They might wake | humma yimkin yisahhuhumma yimkin yiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَحّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I wake | 'ana basahhiaacnaa baSaHHy | أنا َ بـَصـَحّي |
| We wake | 'ihna binsahhiiicHnaa binSaHHy | إحنا َ بـِنصـَحّي |
| You(m) wake | 'inta bitsahhiiicnta bitSaHHy | إنت َ بـِتصـَحّي |
| You(f) wake | 'inti bitsahhiiicnti bitSaHHy | إنت ِ بـِتصـَحّي |
| You(pl) wake | 'intu bitsahhuiicntoo bitSaHHoo | إنتوا بـِتصـَحّوا |
| He/it(m) wakes | huwa biyisahhihuwa biyiSaHHy | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَحّي |
| She/it(f) wakes | hiya bitsahhihiya bitSaHHy | هـِي َ بـِتصـَحّي |
| They wake | humma biyisahhuhumma biyiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَحّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will wake | 'ana hasahhiaacnaa haSaHHy | أنا َ هـَصـَحّي |
| We will wake | 'ihna hansahhiiicHnaa hanSaHHy | إحنا َ هـَنصـَحّي |
| You(m) will wake | 'inta hatsahhiiicnta hatSaHHy | إنت َ هـَتصـَحّي |
| You(f) will wake | 'inti hatsahhiiicnti hatSaHHy | إنت ِ هـَتصـَحّي |
| You(pl) will wake | 'intu hatsahhuiicntoo hatSaHHoo | إنتوا هـَتصـَحّوا |
| He/it(m) will wake | huwa hayisahhihuwa hayiSaHHy | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَحّي |
| She/it(f) will wake | hiya hatsahhihiya hatSaHHy | هـِي َ هـَتصـَحّي |
| They will wake | humma hayisahhuhumma hayiSaHHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَحّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) wake! | sahhiSaHHy | صـَحّي |
| You(f) wake! | sahhiSaHHy | صـَحّي |
| You(pl) wake! | sahhuSaHHoo | صـَحّوا |
