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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  shaved | 'ana hala'taacnaa Halaqt | أنا َ حـَلـَقت | 
| We  shaved | 'ihna hala'naiicHnaa Halaqnaa | إحنا َ حـَلـَقنا | 
| You(m)  shaved | 'inta hala'tiicnta Halaqt | إنت َ حـَلـَقت | 
| You(f)  shaved | 'inti hala'tiiicnti Halaqty | إنت ِ حـَلـَقتي | 
| You(pl)  shaved | 'intu hala'tuiicntoo Halaqtoo | إنتوا حـَلـَقتوا | 
| He/it(m)  shaved | huwa hala'huwa Halaq | هـُو َ حـَلـَق | 
| She/it(f)  shaved | hiya hala'ithiya Halaqit | هـِي َ حـَلـَقـِت | 
| They  shaved | humma hala'uhumma Halaqoo | هـُمّ َ حـَلـَقوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  shave | 'ana yimkin 'ahla'aacnaa yimkin aacHlaq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحلـَق | 
| We might  shave | 'ihna yimkin nihla'iicHnaa yimkin niHlaq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحلـَق | 
| You(m) might  shave | 'inta yimkin tihla'iicnta yimkin tiHlaq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَق | 
| You(f) might  shave | 'inti yimkin tihla'iiicnti yimkin tiHlaqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَقي | 
| You(pl) might  shave | 'intu yimkin tihla'uiicntoo yimkin tiHlaqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَقوا | 
| He/it(m) might  shave | huwa yimkin yihla'huwa yimkin yiHlaq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحلـَق | 
| She/it(f) might  shave | hiya yimkin tihla'hiya yimkin tiHlaq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحلـَق | 
| They might  shave | humma yimkin yihla'uhumma yimkin yiHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحلـَقوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  shave | 'ana bahla'aacnaa baHlaq | أنا َ بـَحلـَق | 
| We  shave | 'ihna binihla'iicHnaa biniHlaq | إحنا َ بـِنـِحلـَق | 
| You(m)  shave | 'inta bitihla'iicnta bitiHlaq | إنت َ بـِتـِحلـَق | 
| You(f)  shave | 'inti bitihla'iiicnti bitiHlaqy | إنت ِ بـِتـِحلـَقي | 
| You(pl)  shave | 'intu bitihla'uiicntoo bitiHlaqoo | إنتوا بـِتـِحلـَقوا | 
| He/it(m)  shaves | huwa biyihla'huwa biyiHlaq | هـُو َ بـِيـِحلـَق | 
| She/it(f)  shaves | hiya bitihla'hiya bitiHlaq | هـِي َ بـِتـِحلـَق | 
| They  shave | humma biyihla'uhumma biyiHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحلـَقوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  shave | 'ana hahla'aacnaa haHlaq | أنا َ هـَحلـَق | 
| We will  shave | 'ihna hanihla'iicHnaa haniHlaq | إحنا َ هـَنـِحلـَق | 
| You(m) will  shave | 'inta hatihla'iicnta hatiHlaq | إنت َ هـَتـِحلـَق | 
| You(f) will  shave | 'inti hatihla'iiicnti hatiHlaqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِحلـَقي | 
| You(pl) will  shave | 'intu hatihla'uiicntoo hatiHlaqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِحلـَقوا | 
| He/it(m) will  shave | huwa hayihla'huwa hayiHlaq | هـُو َ هـَيـِحلـَق | 
| She/it(f) will  shave | hiya hatihla'hiya hatiHlaq | هـِي َ هـَتـِحلـَق | 
| They will  shave | humma hayihla'uhumma hayiHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحلـَقوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  shave! | 'ihla'iicHlaq | إحلـَق | 
| You(f)  shave! | 'ihla'iiicHlaqy | إحلـَقي | 
| You(pl)  shave! | 'ihla'uiicHlaqoo | إحلـَقوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  shaving | 'ana haali'aacnaa Haaliq | أنا َ حا َلـِق | 
| I(f) am  shaving | 'ana haali'aaacnaa Haaliqaö | أنا َ حا َلـِقـَة | 
| We are  shaving | 'ihna haali'eeniicHnaa Haaliqyn | إحنا َ حا َلـِقين | 
| You(m) are  shaving | 'inta haali'iicnta Haaliq | إنت َ حا َلـِق | 
| You(f) are  shaving | 'inti haali'aiicnti Haaliqaö | إنت ِ حا َلـِقـَة | 
| You(pl) are  shaving | 'intu haali'eeniicntoo Haaliqyn | إنتوا حا َلـِقين | 
| He/it(m) is  shaving | huwa haali'huwa Haaliq | هـُو َ حا َلـِق | 
| She/it(f) is  shaving | hiya haali'ahiya Haaliqaö | هـِي َ حا َلـِقـَة | 
| They are  shaving | humma haali'eenhumma Haaliqyn | هـُمّ َ حا َلـِقين | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  shaved | huwa mahloo'huwa maHlwq | هـُو َ مـَحلوق | 
| She/it(f) is  shaved | hiya mahloo'ahiya maHlwqaö | هـِي َ مـَحلوقـَة | 
| They are  shaved | humma mahloo'eenhumma maHlwqyn | هـُمّ َ مـَحلوقين |