Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I memorised | 'ana sammeetaacnaa Sammyt | أنا َ صـَمّيت |
| We memorised | 'ihna sammeenaiicHnaa Sammynaa | إحنا َ صـَمّينا |
| You(m) memorised | 'inta sammeetiicnta Sammyt | إنت َ صـَمّيت |
| You(f) memorised | 'inti sammeetiiicnti Sammyty | إنت ِ صـَمّيتي |
| You(pl) memorised | 'intu sammeetuiicntoo Sammytoo | إنتوا صـَمّيتوا |
| He/it(m) memorised | huwa sammhuwa Samm | هـُو َ صـَمّ |
| She/it(f) memorised | hiya sammithiya Sammit | هـِي َ صـَمّـِت |
| They memorised | humma sammuhumma Sammoo | هـُمّ َ صـَمّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might memorize | 'ana yimkin 'asummaacnaa yimkin aacSumm | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـُمّ |
| We might memorize | 'ihna yimkin nisummiicHnaa yimkin niSumm | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـُمّ |
| You(m) might memorize | 'inta yimkin tisummiicnta yimkin tiSumm | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـُمّ |
| You(f) might memorize | 'inti yimkin tisummiiicnti yimkin tiSummy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـُمّي |
| You(pl) might memorize | 'intu yimkin tisummuiicntoo yimkin tiSummoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـُمّوا |
| He/it(m) might memorize | huwa yimkin yisummhuwa yimkin yiSumm | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـُمّ |
| She/it(f) might memorize | hiya yimkin tisummhiya yimkin tiSumm | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـُمّ |
| They might memorize | humma yimkin yisummuhumma yimkin yiSummoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـُمّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I memorize | 'ana basummaacnaa baSumm | أنا َ بـَصـُمّ |
| We memorize | 'ihna binsummiicHnaa binSumm | إحنا َ بـِنصـُمّ |
| You(m) memorize | 'inta bitsummiicnta bitSumm | إنت َ بـِتصـُمّ |
| You(f) memorize | 'inti bitsummiiicnti bitSummy | إنت ِ بـِتصـُمّي |
| You(pl) memorize | 'intu bitsummuiicntoo bitSummoo | إنتوا بـِتصـُمّوا |
| He/it(m) memorizes | huwa biyisummhuwa biyiSumm | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـُمّ |
| She/it(f) memorizes | hiya bitsummhiya bitSumm | هـِي َ بـِتصـُمّ |
| They memorize | humma biyisummuhumma biyiSummoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـُمّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will memorize | 'ana hasummaacnaa haSumm | أنا َ هـَصـُمّ |
| We will memorize | 'ihna hansummiicHnaa hanSumm | إحنا َ هـَنصـُمّ |
| You(m) will memorize | 'inta hatsummiicnta hatSumm | إنت َ هـَتصـُمّ |
| You(f) will memorize | 'inti hatsummiiicnti hatSummy | إنت ِ هـَتصـُمّي |
| You(pl) will memorize | 'intu hatsummuiicntoo hatSummoo | إنتوا هـَتصـُمّوا |
| He/it(m) will memorize | huwa hayisummhuwa hayiSumm | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـُمّ |
| She/it(f) will memorize | hiya hatsummhiya hatSumm | هـِي َ هـَتصـُمّ |
| They will memorize | humma hayisummuhumma hayiSummoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـُمّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) memorize! | 'isummiicSumm | إصـُمّ |
| You(f) memorize! | 'isummiiicSummy | إصـُمّي |
| You(pl) memorize! | 'isummuiicSummoo | إصـُمّوا |
