Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I voted | 'ana sawwattaacnaa Sawwatt | أنا َ صـَوّ َتّ |
| We voted | 'ihna sawwatnaiicHnaa Sawwatnaa | إحنا َ صـَوّ َتنا |
| You(m) voted | 'inta sawwattiicnta Sawwatt | إنت َ صـَوّ َتّ |
| You(f) voted | 'inti sawwattiiicnti Sawwatty | إنت ِ صـَوّ َتّي |
| You(pl) voted | 'intu sawwattuiicntoo Sawwattoo | إنتوا صـَوّ َتّوا |
| He/it(m) voted | huwa sawwathuwa Sawwat | هـُو َ صـَوّ َت |
| She/it(f) voted | hiya sawwatithiya Sawwatit | هـِي َ صـَوّ َتـِت |
| They voted | humma sawwatuhumma Sawwatoo | هـُمّ َ صـَوّ َتوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might vote | 'ana yimkin 'asawwataacnaa yimkin aacSawwat | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَوّ َت |
| We might vote | 'ihna yimkin nisawwatiicHnaa yimkin niSawwat | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(m) might vote | 'inta yimkin tisawwatiicnta yimkin tiSawwat | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(f) might vote | 'inti yimkin tisawwatiiicnti yimkin tiSawwaty | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَوّ َتي |
| You(pl) might vote | 'intu yimkin tisawwatuiicntoo yimkin tiSawwatoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَوّ َتوا |
| He/it(m) might vote | huwa yimkin yisawwathuwa yimkin yiSawwat | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَوّ َت |
| She/it(f) might vote | hiya yimkin tisawwathiya yimkin tiSawwat | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَوّ َت |
| They might vote | humma yimkin yisawwatuhumma yimkin yiSawwatoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَوّ َتوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I vote | 'ana basawwataacnaa baSawwat | أنا َ بـَصـَوّ َت |
| We vote | 'ihna binisawwatiicHnaa biniSawwat | إحنا َ بـِنـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(m) vote | 'inta bitisawwatiicnta bitiSawwat | إنت َ بـِتـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(f) vote | 'inti bitisawwatiiicnti bitiSawwaty | إنت ِ بـِتـِصـَوّ َتي |
| You(pl) vote | 'intu bitisawwatuiicntoo bitiSawwatoo | إنتوا بـِتـِصـَوّ َتوا |
| He/it(m) votes | huwa biyisawwathuwa biyiSawwat | هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَوّ َت |
| She/it(f) votes | hiya bitisawwathiya bitiSawwat | هـِي َ بـِتـِصـَوّ َت |
| They vote | humma biyisawwatuhumma biyiSawwatoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَوّ َتوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will vote | 'ana hasawwataacnaa haSawwat | أنا َ هـَصـَوّ َت |
| We will vote | 'ihna hanisawwatiicHnaa haniSawwat | إحنا َ هـَنـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(m) will vote | 'inta hatisawwatiicnta hatiSawwat | إنت َ هـَتـِصـَوّ َت |
| You(f) will vote | 'inti hatisawwatiiicnti hatiSawwaty | إنت ِ هـَتـِصـَوّ َتي |
| You(pl) will vote | 'intu hatisawwatuiicntoo hatiSawwatoo | إنتوا هـَتـِصـَوّ َتوا |
| He/it(m) will vote | huwa hayisawwathuwa hayiSawwat | هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَوّ َت |
| She/it(f) will vote | hiya hatisawwathiya hatiSawwat | هـِي َ هـَتـِصـَوّ َت |
| They will vote | humma hayisawwatuhumma hayiSawwatoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَوّ َتوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) vote! | 'iswatiicSwat | إصو َت |
| You(f) vote! | 'iswatiiicSwaty | إصو َتي |
| You(pl) vote! | iswatuiSwatoo | ِصو َتوا |
