Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I got | 'ana sighirtaacnaa SiGirt | أنا َ صـِغـِرت |
| We got | 'ihna sighirnaiicHnaa SiGirnaa | إحنا َ صـِغـِرنا |
| You(m) got | 'inta sighirtiicnta SiGirt | إنت َ صـِغـِرت |
| You(f) got | 'inti sighirtiiicnti SiGirty | إنت ِ صـِغـِرتي |
| You(pl) got | 'intu sighirtuiicntoo SiGirtoo | إنتوا صـِغـِرتوا |
| He/it(m) got | huwa sighirhuwa SiGir | هـُو َ صـِغـِر |
| She/it(f) got | hiya sighrithiya SiGrit | هـِي َ صـِغر ِت |
| They got | humma sighruhumma SiGroo | هـُمّ َ صـِغروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might get | 'ana yimkin 'asgharaacnaa yimkin aacSGar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصغـَر |
| We might get | 'ihna yimkin nisghariicHnaa yimkin niSGar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصغـَر |
| You(m) might get | 'inta yimkin tisghariicnta yimkin tiSGar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصغـَر |
| You(f) might get | 'inti yimkin tisghariiicnti yimkin tiSGary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصغـَري |
| You(pl) might get | 'intu yimkin tisgharuiicntoo yimkin tiSGaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصغـَروا |
| He/it(m) might get | huwa yimkin yisgharhuwa yimkin yiSGar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصغـَر |
| She/it(f) might get | hiya yimkin tisgharhiya yimkin tiSGar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصغـَر |
| They might get | humma yimkin yisgharuhumma yimkin yiSGaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصغـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I get | 'ana basgharaacnaa baSGar | أنا َ بـَصغـَر |
| We get | 'ihna binisghariicHnaa biniSGar | إحنا َ بـِنـِصغـَر |
| You(m) get | 'inta bitisghariicnta bitiSGar | إنت َ بـِتـِصغـَر |
| You(f) get | 'inti bitisghariiicnti bitiSGary | إنت ِ بـِتـِصغـَري |
| You(pl) get | 'intu bitisgharuiicntoo bitiSGaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِصغـَروا |
| He/it(m) gets | huwa biyisgharhuwa biyiSGar | هـُو َ بـِيـِصغـَر |
| She/it(f) gets | hiya bitisgharhiya bitiSGar | هـِي َ بـِتـِصغـَر |
| They get | humma biyisgharuhumma biyiSGaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصغـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will get | 'ana hasgharaacnaa haSGar | أنا َ هـَصغـَر |
| We will get | 'ihna hanisghariicHnaa haniSGar | إحنا َ هـَنـِصغـَر |
| You(m) will get | 'inta hatisghariicnta hatiSGar | إنت َ هـَتـِصغـَر |
| You(f) will get | 'inti hatisghariiicnti hatiSGary | إنت ِ هـَتـِصغـَري |
| You(pl) will get | 'intu hatisgharuiicntoo hatiSGaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِصغـَروا |
| He/it(m) will get | huwa hayisgharhuwa hayiSGar | هـُو َ هـَيـِصغـَر |
| She/it(f) will get | hiya hatisgharhiya hatiSGar | هـِي َ هـَتـِصغـَر |
| They will get | humma hayisgharuhumma hayiSGaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصغـَروا |
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian |
| I(m) am getting | 'ana saaghiraacnaa SaaGir | أنا َ صا َغـِر |
| I(f) am getting | 'ana saaghiraaacnaa SaaGiraö | أنا َ صا َغـِر َة |
| We are getting | 'ihna saaghireeniicHnaa SaaGiryn | إحنا َ صا َغـِرين |
| You(m) are getting | 'inta saaghiriicnta SaaGir | إنت َ صا َغـِر |
| You(f) are getting | 'inti saaghiraiicnti SaaGiraö | إنت ِ صا َغـِر َة |
| You(pl) are getting | 'intu saaghireeniicntoo SaaGiryn | إنتوا صا َغـِرين |
| He/it(m) is getting | huwa saaghirhuwa SaaGir | هـُو َ صا َغـِر |
| She/it(f) is getting | hiya saaghirahiya SaaGiraö | هـِي َ صا َغـِر َة |
| They are getting | humma saaghireenhumma SaaGiryn | هـُمّ َ صا َغـِرين |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is got | huwa masghoorhuwa maSGwr | هـُو َ مـَصغور |
| She/it(f) is got | hiya masghoorahiya maSGwraö | هـِي َ مـَصغور َة |
| They are got | humma masghooreenhumma maSGwryn | هـُمّ َ مـَصغورين |
