Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I gave | 'ana laffiftaacnaa laffift | أنا َ لـَفّـِفت |
| We gave | 'ihna laffifnaiicHnaa laffifnaa | إحنا َ لـَفّـِفنا |
| You(m) gave | 'inta laffiftiicnta laffift | إنت َ لـَفّـِفت |
| You(f) gave | 'inti laffiftiiicnti laffifty | إنت ِ لـَفّـِفتي |
| You(pl) gave | 'intu laffiftuiicntoo laffiftoo | إنتوا لـَفّـِفتوا |
| He/it(m) gave | huwa laffifhuwa laffif | هـُو َ لـَفّـِف |
| She/it(f) gave | hiya laffifithiya laffifit | هـِي َ لـَفّـِفـِت |
| They gave | humma laffifuhumma laffifoo | هـُمّ َ لـَفّـِفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might give | 'ana yimkin 'alaffifaacnaa yimkin aaclaffif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـَفّـِف |
| We might give | 'ihna yimkin nilaffifiicHnaa yimkin nilaffif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـَفّـِف |
| You(m) might give | 'inta yimkin tilaffifiicnta yimkin tilaffif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَفّـِف |
| You(f) might give | 'inti yimkin tilaffifiiicnti yimkin tilaffify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَفّـِفي |
| You(pl) might give | 'intu yimkin tilaffifuiicntoo yimkin tilaffifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـَفّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) might give | huwa yimkin yilaffifhuwa yimkin yilaffif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَفّـِف |
| She/it(f) might give | hiya yimkin tilaffifhiya yimkin tilaffif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَفّـِف |
| They might give | humma yimkin yilaffifuhumma yimkin yilaffifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَفّـِفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I give | 'ana balaffifaacnaa balaffif | أنا َ بـَلـَفّـِف |
| We give | 'ihna binlaffifiicHnaa binlaffif | إحنا َ بـِنلـَفّـِف |
| You(m) give | 'inta bitlaffifiicnta bitlaffif | إنت َ بـِتلـَفّـِف |
| You(f) give | 'inti bitlaffifiiicnti bitlaffify | إنت ِ بـِتلـَفّـِفي |
| You(pl) give | 'intu bitlaffifuiicntoo bitlaffifoo | إنتوا بـِتلـَفّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) gives | huwa biyilaffifhuwa biyilaffif | هـُو َ بـِيـِلـَفّـِف |
| She/it(f) gives | hiya bitlaffifhiya bitlaffif | هـِي َ بـِتلـَفّـِف |
| They give | humma biyilaffifuhumma biyilaffifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـَفّـِفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will give | 'ana halaffifaacnaa halaffif | أنا َ هـَلـَفّـِف |
| We will give | 'ihna hanlaffifiicHnaa hanlaffif | إحنا َ هـَنلـَفّـِف |
| You(m) will give | 'inta hatlaffifiicnta hatlaffif | إنت َ هـَتلـَفّـِف |
| You(f) will give | 'inti hatlaffifiiicnti hatlaffify | إنت ِ هـَتلـَفّـِفي |
| You(pl) will give | 'intu hatlaffifuiicntoo hatlaffifoo | إنتوا هـَتلـَفّـِفوا |
| He/it(m) will give | huwa hayilaffifhuwa hayilaffif | هـُو َ هـَيـِلـَفّـِف |
| She/it(f) will give | hiya hatlaffifhiya hatlaffif | هـِي َ هـَتلـَفّـِف |
| They will give | humma hayilaffifuhumma hayilaffifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـَفّـِفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) give! | laffiflaffif | لـَفّـِف |
| You(f) give! | laffifilaffify | لـَفّـِفي |
| You(pl) give! | laffifulaffifoo | لـَفّـِفوا |
