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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lay | 'ana 'itsaltahtaacnaa iictsalTaHt | أنا َ إتسـَلطـَحت | 
| We  lay | 'ihna 'itsaltahnaiicHnaa iictsalTaHnaa | إحنا َ إتسـَلطـَحنا | 
| You(m)  lay | 'inta 'itsaltahtiicnta iictsalTaHt | إنت َ إتسـَلطـَحت | 
| You(f)  lay | 'inti 'itsaltahtiiicnti iictsalTaHty | إنت ِ إتسـَلطـَحتي | 
| You(pl)  lay | 'intu 'itsaltahtuiicntoo iictsalTaHtoo | إنتوا إتسـَلطـَحتوا | 
| He/it(m)  lay | huwa 'itsaltahhuwa iictsalTaH | هـُو َ إتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f)  lay | hiya 'itsaltahithiya iictsalTaHit | هـِي َ إتسـَلطـَحـِت | 
| They  lay | humma 'itsaltahuhumma iictsalTaHoo | هـُمّ َ إتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  lie | 'ana yimkin 'atsaltahaacnaa yimkin aactsalTaH | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتسـَلطـَح | 
| We might  lie | 'ihna yimkin nitsaltahiicHnaa yimkin nitsalTaH | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m) might  lie | 'inta yimkin titsaltahiicnta yimkin titsalTaH | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f) might  lie | 'inti yimkin titsaltahiiicnti yimkin titsalTaHy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl) might  lie | 'intu yimkin titsaltahuiicntoo yimkin titsalTaHoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) might  lie | huwa yimkin yitsaltahhuwa yimkin yitsalTaH | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f) might  lie | hiya yimkin titsaltahhiya yimkin titsalTaH | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They might  lie | humma yimkin yitsaltahuhumma yimkin yitsalTaHoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lie | 'ana batsaltahaacnaa batsalTaH | أنا َ بـَتسـَلطـَح | 
| We  lie | 'ihna binitsaltahiicHnaa binitsalTaH | إحنا َ بـِنـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m)  lie | 'inta bititsaltahiicnta bititsalTaH | إنت َ بـِتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f)  lie | 'inti bititsiltahiiicnti bititsilTaHy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتسـِلطـَحي | 
| You(pl)  lie | 'intu bititsaltahuiicntoo bititsalTaHoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m)  lies | huwa biyitsaltahhuwa biyitsalTaH | هـُو َ بـِيـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f)  lies | hiya bititsaltahhiya bititsalTaH | هـِي َ بـِتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They  lie | humma biyitsaltahuhumma biyitsalTaHoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  lie | 'ana hatsaltahaacnaa hatsalTaH | أنا َ هـَتسـَلطـَح | 
| We will  lie | 'ihna hanitsaltahiicHnaa hanitsalTaH | إحنا َ هـَنـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m) will  lie | 'inta hatitsaltahiicnta hatitsalTaH | إنت َ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f) will  lie | 'inti hatitsaltahiiicnti hatitsalTaHy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl) will  lie | 'intu hatitsaltahuiicntoo hatitsalTaHoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) will  lie | huwa hayitsaltahhuwa hayitsalTaH | هـُو َ هـَيـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f) will  lie | hiya hatitsaltahhiya hatitsalTaH | هـِي َ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They will  lie | humma hayitsaltahuhumma hayitsalTaHoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  lie! | 'itsaltahiictsalTaH | إتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f)  lie! | 'itsaltahiiictsalTaHy | إتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl)  lie! | 'itsaltahuiictsalTaHoo | إتسـَلطـَحوا |