Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I centred | 'ana wastantaacnaa wasTant | أنا َ و َسطـَنت |
| We centred | 'ihna wastannaiicHnaa wasTannaa | إحنا َ و َسطـَنّا |
| You(m) centred | 'inta wastantiicnta wasTant | إنت َ و َسطـَنت |
| You(f) centred | 'inti wastantiiicnti wasTanty | إنت ِ و َسطـَنتي |
| You(pl) centred | 'intu wastantuiicntoo wasTantoo | إنتوا و َسطـَنتوا |
| He/it(m) centred | huwa wastanhuwa wasTan | هـُو َ و َسطـَن |
| She/it(f) centred | hiya wastanithiya wasTanit | هـِي َ و َسطـَنـِت |
| They centred | humma wastanuhumma wasTanoo | هـُمّ َ و َسطـَنوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might centre | 'ana yimkin 'awastanaacnaa yimkin aacwasTan | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َسطـَن |
| We might centre | 'ihna yimkin niwastaniicHnaa yimkin niwasTan | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َسطـَن |
| You(m) might centre | 'inta yimkin tiwastaniicnta yimkin tiwasTan | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَن |
| You(f) might centre | 'inti yimkin tiwastaniiicnti yimkin tiwasTany | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَني |
| You(pl) might centre | 'intu yimkin tiwastanuiicntoo yimkin tiwasTanoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَنوا |
| He/it(m) might centre | huwa yimkin yiwastanhuwa yimkin yiwasTan | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َسطـَن |
| She/it(f) might centre | hiya yimkin tiwastanhiya yimkin tiwasTan | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَن |
| They might centre | humma yimkin yiwastanuhumma yimkin yiwasTanoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َسطـَنوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I centre | 'ana bawastanaacnaa bawasTan | أنا َ بـَو َسطـَن |
| We centre | 'ihna binwastaniicHnaa binwasTan | إحنا َ بـِنو َسطـَن |
| You(m) centre | 'inta bitwastaniicnta bitwasTan | إنت َ بـِتو َسطـَن |
| You(f) centre | 'inti bitwastaniiicnti bitwasTany | إنت ِ بـِتو َسطـَني |
| You(pl) centre | 'intu bitwastanuiicntoo bitwasTanoo | إنتوا بـِتو َسطـَنوا |
| He/it(m) centres | huwa biyiwastanhuwa biyiwasTan | هـُو َ بـِيـِو َسطـَن |
| She/it(f) centres | hiya bitwastanhiya bitwasTan | هـِي َ بـِتو َسطـَن |
| They centre | humma biyiwastanuhumma biyiwasTanoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َسطـَنوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will centre | 'ana hawastanaacnaa hawasTan | أنا َ هـَو َسطـَن |
| We will centre | 'ihna haniwastaniicHnaa haniwasTan | إحنا َ هـَنـِو َسطـَن |
| You(m) will centre | 'inta hatiwastaniicnta hatiwasTan | إنت َ هـَتـِو َسطـَن |
| You(f) will centre | 'inti hatiwastaniiicnti hatiwasTany | إنت ِ هـَتـِو َسطـَني |
| You(pl) will centre | 'intu hatiwastanuiicntoo hatiwasTanoo | إنتوا هـَتـِو َسطـَنوا |
| He/it(m) will centre | huwa hayiwastanhuwa hayiwasTan | هـُو َ هـَيـِو َسطـَن |
| She/it(f) will centre | hiya hatiwastanhiya hatiwasTan | هـِي َ هـَتـِو َسطـَن |
| They will centre | humma hayiwastanuhumma hayiwasTanoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َسطـَنوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) centre! | wastanwasTan | و َسطـَن |
| You(f) centre! | wastaniwasTany | و َسطـَني |
| You(pl) centre! | wastanuwasTanoo | و َسطـَنوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is centred | huwa mitwastanhuwa mitwasTan | هـُو َ مـِتو َسطـَن |
| She/it(f) is centred | hiya mitwastanahiya mitwasTanaö | هـِي َ مـِتو َسطـَنـَة |
| They are centred | humma mitwastaneenhumma mitwasTanyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتو َسطـَنين |
