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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'ittalla'taacnaa iicTTallaqt |  أنا َ إطّـَلّـَقت | 
| We  was | 'ihna iicHnaa  |  إحنا َ  | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta iicnta  |  إنت َ  | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'ittalla'tiiicnti iicTTallaqty |  إنت ِ إطّـَلّـَقتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu iicntoo  |  إنتوا  | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa huwa  |  هـُو َ  | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'ittalla'ithiya iicTTallaqit |  هـِي َ إطّـَلّـَقـِت | 
| They  was | humma humma  |  هـُمّ َ  | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'attalla'aacnaa yimkin aacTTallaq |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أطّـَلّـَق | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin iicHnaa yimkin  |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن  | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin iicnta yimkin  |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن  | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin tittalla'iiicnti yimkin tiTTallaqy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِطّـَلّـَقي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin iicntoo yimkin  |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن  | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin huwa yimkin  |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن  | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin tittalla'hiya yimkin tiTTallaq |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِطّـَلّـَق | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin humma yimkin  |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن  | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana battalla'aacnaa baTTallaq |  أنا َ بـَطّـَلّـَق | 
| We  be | 'ihna iicHnaa  |  إحنا َ  | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta iicnta  |  إنت َ  | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bitittalla'iiicnti bitiTTallaqy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِطّـَلّـَقي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu iicntoo  |  إنتوا  | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa huwa  |  هـُو َ  | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bitittalla'hiya bitiTTallaq |  هـِي َ بـِتـِطّـَلّـَق | 
| They  be | humma humma  |  هـُمّ َ  | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hattalla'aacnaa haTTallaq |  أنا َ هـَطّـَلّـَق | 
| We will  be | 'ihna iicHnaa  |  إحنا َ  | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta iicnta  |  إنت َ  | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatittalla'iiicnti hatiTTallaqy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِطّـَلّـَقي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu iicntoo  |  إنتوا  | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa huwa  |  هـُو َ  | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatittalla'hiya hatiTTallaq |  هـِي َ هـَتـِطّـَلّـَق | 
| They will  be | humma humma  |  هـُمّ َ  | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  bing | 'ana mutalla'aacnaa muTallaq |  أنا َ مـُطـَلّـَق | 
| I(f) am  bing | 'ana mutalla'aaacnaa muTallaqaö |  أنا َ مـُطـَلّـَقـَة | 
| We are  bing | 'ihna mutalla'eeniicHnaa muTallaqyn |  إحنا َ مـُطـَلّـَقين | 
| You(m) are  bing | 'inta mutalla'iicnta muTallaq |  إنت َ مـُطـَلّـَق | 
| You(f) are  bing | 'inti mutalla'aiicnti muTallaqaö |  إنت ِ مـُطـَلّـَقـَة | 
| You(pl) are  bing | 'intu mutalla'eeniicntoo muTallaqyn |  إنتوا مـُطـَلّـَقين | 
| He/it(m) is  bing | huwa mutalla'huwa muTallaq |  هـُو َ مـُطـَلّـَق | 
| She/it(f) is  bing | hiya mutalla'ahiya muTallaqaö |  هـِي َ مـُطـَلّـَقـَة | 
| They are  bing | humma mutalla'eenhumma muTallaqyn |  هـُمّ َ مـُطـَلّـَقين |