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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  laid | 'ana 'itsaltahtaacnaa iictsalTaHt |  أنا َ إتسـَلطـَحت | 
| We  laid | 'ihna 'itsaltahnaiicHnaa iictsalTaHnaa |  إحنا َ إتسـَلطـَحنا | 
| You(m)  laid | 'inta 'itsaltahtiicnta iictsalTaHt |  إنت َ إتسـَلطـَحت | 
| You(f)  laid | 'inti 'itsaltahtiiicnti iictsalTaHty |  إنت ِ إتسـَلطـَحتي | 
| You(pl)  laid | 'intu 'itsaltahtuiicntoo iictsalTaHtoo |  إنتوا إتسـَلطـَحتوا | 
| He/it(m)  laid | huwa 'itsaltahhuwa iictsalTaH |  هـُو َ إتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f)  laid | hiya 'itsaltahithiya iictsalTaHit |  هـِي َ إتسـَلطـَحـِت | 
| They  laid | humma 'itsaltahuhumma iictsalTaHoo |  هـُمّ َ إتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  lay | 'ana yimkin 'atsaltahaacnaa yimkin aactsalTaH |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتسـَلطـَح | 
| We might  lay | 'ihna yimkin nitsaltahiicHnaa yimkin nitsalTaH |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m) might  lay | 'inta yimkin titsaltahiicnta yimkin titsalTaH |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f) might  lay | 'inti yimkin titsaltahiiicnti yimkin titsalTaHy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl) might  lay | 'intu yimkin titsaltahuiicntoo yimkin titsalTaHoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) might  lay | huwa yimkin yitsaltahhuwa yimkin yitsalTaH |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f) might  lay | hiya yimkin titsaltahhiya yimkin titsalTaH |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They might  lay | humma yimkin yitsaltahuhumma yimkin yitsalTaHoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lay | 'ana batsaltahaacnaa batsalTaH |  أنا َ بـَتسـَلطـَح | 
| We  lay | 'ihna binitsaltahiicHnaa binitsalTaH |  إحنا َ بـِنـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m)  lay | 'inta bititsaltahiicnta bititsalTaH |  إنت َ بـِتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f)  lay | 'inti bititsiltahiiicnti bititsilTaHy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِتسـِلطـَحي | 
| You(pl)  lay | 'intu bititsaltahuiicntoo bititsalTaHoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m)  lays | huwa biyitsaltahhuwa biyitsalTaH |  هـُو َ بـِيـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f)  lays | hiya bititsaltahhiya bititsalTaH |  هـِي َ بـِتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They  lay | humma biyitsaltahuhumma biyitsalTaHoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  lay | 'ana hatsaltahaacnaa hatsalTaH |  أنا َ هـَتسـَلطـَح | 
| We will  lay | 'ihna hanitsaltahiicHnaa hanitsalTaH |  إحنا َ هـَنـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(m) will  lay | 'inta hatitsaltahiicnta hatitsalTaH |  إنت َ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f) will  lay | 'inti hatitsaltahiiicnti hatitsalTaHy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl) will  lay | 'intu hatitsaltahuiicntoo hatitsalTaHoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
| He/it(m) will  lay | huwa hayitsaltahhuwa hayitsalTaH |  هـُو َ هـَيـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| She/it(f) will  lay | hiya hatitsaltahhiya hatitsalTaH |  هـِي َ هـَتـِتسـَلطـَح | 
| They will  lay | humma hayitsaltahuhumma hayitsalTaHoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتسـَلطـَحوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  lay! | 'itsaltahiictsalTaH |  إتسـَلطـَح | 
| You(f)  lay! | 'itsaltahiiictsalTaHy |  إتسـَلطـَحي | 
| You(pl)  lay! | 'itsaltahuiictsalTaHoo |  إتسـَلطـَحوا |