Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I stopped | 'ana wa''aftaacnaa waqqaft | أنا َ و َقّـَفت |
| We stopped | 'ihna wa''afnaiicHnaa waqqafnaa | إحنا َ و َقّـَفنا |
| You(m) stopped | 'inta wa''aftiicnta waqqaft | إنت َ و َقّـَفت |
| You(f) stopped | 'inti wa''aftiiicnti waqqafty | إنت ِ و َقّـَفتي |
| You(pl) stopped | 'intu wa''aftuiicntoo waqqaftoo | إنتوا و َقّـَفتوا |
| He/it(m) stopped | huwa wa''afhuwa waqqaf | هـُو َ و َقّـَف |
| She/it(f) stopped | hiya wa''afithiya waqqafit | هـِي َ و َقّـَفـِت |
| They stopped | humma wa''afuhumma waqqafoo | هـُمّ َ و َقّـَفوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might stop | 'ana yimkin 'awa''afaacnaa yimkin aacwaqqaf | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َقّـَف |
| We might stop | 'ihna yimkin niwa''afiicHnaa yimkin niwaqqaf | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َقّـَف |
| You(m) might stop | 'inta yimkin tiwa''afiicnta yimkin tiwaqqaf | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َقّـَف |
| You(f) might stop | 'inti yimkin tiwa''afiiicnti yimkin tiwaqqafy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َقّـَفي |
| You(pl) might stop | 'intu yimkin tiwa''afuiicntoo yimkin tiwaqqafoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َقّـَفوا |
| He/it(m) might stop | huwa yimkin yiwa''afhuwa yimkin yiwaqqaf | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َقّـَف |
| She/it(f) might stop | hiya yimkin tiwa''afhiya yimkin tiwaqqaf | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َقّـَف |
| They might stop | humma yimkin yiwa''afuhumma yimkin yiwaqqafoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َقّـَفوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I stop | 'ana bawa''afaacnaa bawaqqaf | أنا َ بـَو َقّـَف |
| We stop | 'ihna biniwa''afiicHnaa biniwaqqaf | إحنا َ بـِنـِو َقّـَف |
| You(m) stop | 'inta bitiwa''afiicnta bitiwaqqaf | إنت َ بـِتـِو َقّـَف |
| You(f) stop | 'inti bitiwa''afiiicnti bitiwaqqafy | إنت ِ بـِتـِو َقّـَفي |
| You(pl) stop | 'intu bitiwa''afuiicntoo bitiwaqqafoo | إنتوا بـِتـِو َقّـَفوا |
| He/it(m) stops | huwa biyiwa''afhuwa biyiwaqqaf | هـُو َ بـِيـِو َقّـَف |
| She/it(f) stops | hiya bitiwa''afhiya bitiwaqqaf | هـِي َ بـِتـِو َقّـَف |
| They stop | humma biyiwa''afuhumma biyiwaqqafoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َقّـَفوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will stop | 'ana hawa''afaacnaa hawaqqaf | أنا َ هـَو َقّـَف |
| We will stop | 'ihna haniwa''afiicHnaa haniwaqqaf | إحنا َ هـَنـِو َقّـَف |
| You(m) will stop | 'inta hatiwa''afiicnta hatiwaqqaf | إنت َ هـَتـِو َقّـَف |
| You(f) will stop | 'inti hatiwa''afiiicnti hatiwaqqafy | إنت ِ هـَتـِو َقّـَفي |
| You(pl) will stop | 'intu hatiwa''afuiicntoo hatiwaqqafoo | إنتوا هـَتـِو َقّـَفوا |
| He/it(m) will stop | huwa hayiwa''afhuwa hayiwaqqaf | هـُو َ هـَيـِو َقّـَف |
| She/it(f) will stop | hiya hatiwa''afhiya hatiwaqqaf | هـِي َ هـَتـِو َقّـَف |
| They will stop | humma hayiwa''afuhumma hayiwaqqafoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َقّـَفوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) stop! | 'ioo'afiicwqaf | إوقـَف |
| You(f) stop! | 'ioo'afiiicwqafy | إوقـَفي |
| You(pl) stop! | iw'afuiwqafoo | ِوقـَفوا |
