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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana baggahtaacnaa baggaHt |  أنا َ بـَجّـَحت | 
| We  was | 'ihna baggahnaiicHnaa baggaHnaa |  إحنا َ بـَجّـَحنا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta baggahtiicnta baggaHt |  إنت َ بـَجّـَحت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti baggahtiiicnti baggaHty |  إنت ِ بـَجّـَحتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu baggahtuiicntoo baggaHtoo |  إنتوا بـَجّـَحتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa baggahhuwa baggaH |  هـُو َ بـَجّـَح | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya baggahithiya baggaHit |  هـِي َ بـَجّـَحـِت | 
| They  was | humma baggahuhumma baggaHoo |  هـُمّ َ بـَجّـَحوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'abaggahaacnaa yimkin aacbaggaH |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبـَجّـَح | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nibaggahiicHnaa yimkin nibaggaH |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin tibaggahiicnta yimkin tibaggaH |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin tibaggahiiicnti yimkin tibaggaHy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَجّـَحي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin tibaggahuiicntoo yimkin tibaggaHoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yibaggahhuwa yimkin yibaggaH |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَجّـَح | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin tibaggahhiya yimkin tibaggaH |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَجّـَح | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yibaggahuhumma yimkin yibaggaHoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana babaggahaacnaa babaggaH |  أنا َ بـَبـَجّـَح | 
| We  be | 'ihna binibaggahiicHnaa binibaggaH |  إحنا َ بـِنـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bitibaggahiicnta bitibaggaH |  إنت َ بـِتـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bitibaggahiiicnti bitibaggaHy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِبـَجّـَحي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bitibaggahuiicntoo bitibaggaHoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyibaggahhuwa biyibaggaH |  هـُو َ بـِيـِبـَجّـَح | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bitibaggahhiya bitibaggaH |  هـِي َ بـِتـِبـَجّـَح | 
| They  be | humma biyibaggahuhumma biyibaggaHoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana habaggahaacnaa habaggaH |  أنا َ هـَبـَجّـَح | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanibaggahiicHnaa hanibaggaH |  إحنا َ هـَنـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatibaggahiicnta hatibaggaH |  إنت َ هـَتـِبـَجّـَح | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatibaggahiiicnti hatibaggaHy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِبـَجّـَحي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatibaggahuiicntoo hatibaggaHoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayibaggahhuwa hayibaggaH |  هـُو َ هـَيـِبـَجّـَح | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatibaggahhiya hatibaggaH |  هـِي َ هـَتـِبـَجّـَح | 
| They will  be | humma hayibaggahuhumma hayibaggaHoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبـَجّـَحوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  be! | 'ibgahiicbgaH |  إبجـَح | 
| You(f)  be! | 'ibgahiiicbgaHy |  إبجـَحي | 
| You(pl)  be! | ibgahuibgaHoo |   ِبجـَحوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  been | huwa mubaggahhuwa mubaggaH |  هـُو َ مـُبـَجّـَح | 
| She/it(f) is  been | hiya mubaggahahiya mubaggaHaö |  هـِي َ مـُبـَجّـَحـَة | 
| They are  been | humma mubaggaheenhumma mubaggaHyn |  هـُمّ َ مـُبـَجّـَحين |