Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I lost | 'ana 'itghalabtaacnaa iictGalabt | أنا َ إتغـَلـَبت |
| We lost | 'ihna 'itghalabnaiicHnaa iictGalabnaa | إحنا َ إتغـَلـَبنا |
| You(m) lost | 'inta 'itghalabtiicnta iictGalabt | إنت َ إتغـَلـَبت |
| You(f) lost | 'inti 'itghalabtiiicnti iictGalabty | إنت ِ إتغـَلـَبتي |
| You(pl) lost | 'intu 'itghalabtuiicntoo iictGalabtoo | إنتوا إتغـَلـَبتوا |
| He/it(m) lost | huwa 'itghalabhuwa iictGalab | هـُو َ إتغـَلـَب |
| She/it(f) lost | hiya 'itghalabithiya iictGalabit | هـِي َ إتغـَلـَبـِت |
| They lost | humma 'itghalabuhumma iictGalaboo | هـُمّ َ إتغـَلـَبوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might lose | 'ana yimkin 'atghilibaacnaa yimkin aactGilib | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتغـِلـِب |
| We might lose | 'ihna yimkin nitghilibiicHnaa yimkin nitGilib | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(m) might lose | 'inta yimkin titghilibiicnta yimkin titGilib | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(f) might lose | 'inti yimkin titghilbiiicnti yimkin titGilby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـِلبي |
| You(pl) might lose | 'intu yimkin titghilbuiicntoo yimkin titGilboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتغـِلبوا |
| He/it(m) might lose | huwa yimkin yitghilibhuwa yimkin yitGilib | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتغـِلـِب |
| She/it(f) might lose | hiya yimkin titghilibhiya yimkin titGilib | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتغـِلـِب |
| They might lose | humma yimkin yitghilbuhumma yimkin yitGilboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتغـِلبوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I lose | 'ana batghilibaacnaa batGilib | أنا َ بـَتغـِلـِب |
| We lose | 'ihna binitghilibiicHnaa binitGilib | إحنا َ بـِنـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(m) lose | 'inta bititghilibiicnta bititGilib | إنت َ بـِتـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(f) lose | 'inti bititghilbiiicnti bititGilby | إنت ِ بـِتـِتغـِلبي |
| You(pl) lose | 'intu bititghilbuiicntoo bititGilboo | إنتوا بـِتـِتغـِلبوا |
| He/it(m) loses | huwa biyitghilibhuwa biyitGilib | هـُو َ بـِيـِتغـِلـِب |
| She/it(f) loses | hiya bititghilibhiya bititGilib | هـِي َ بـِتـِتغـِلـِب |
| They lose | humma biyitghilbuhumma biyitGilboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتغـِلبوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will lose | 'ana hatghilibaacnaa hatGilib | أنا َ هـَتغـِلـِب |
| We will lose | 'ihna hanitghilibiicHnaa hanitGilib | إحنا َ هـَنـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(m) will lose | 'inta hatitghilibiicnta hatitGilib | إنت َ هـَتـِتغـِلـِب |
| You(f) will lose | 'inti hatitghilbiiicnti hatitGilby | إنت ِ هـَتـِتغـِلبي |
| You(pl) will lose | 'intu hatitghilbuiicntoo hatitGilboo | إنتوا هـَتـِتغـِلبوا |
| He/it(m) will lose | huwa hayitghilibhuwa hayitGilib | هـُو َ هـَيـِتغـِلـِب |
| She/it(f) will lose | hiya hatitghilibhiya hatitGilib | هـِي َ هـَتـِتغـِلـِب |
| They will lose | humma hayitghilbuhumma hayitGilboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتغـِلبوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) lose! | 'itghilibiictGilib | إتغـِلـِب |
| You(f) lose! | 'itghilibiiictGiliby | إتغـِلـِبي |
| You(pl) lose! | 'itghilibuiictGiliboo | إتغـِلـِبوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is lost | huwa mitghalibhuwa mitGalib | هـُو َ مـِتغـَلـِب |
| She/it(f) is lost | hiya mitghalibahiya mitGalibaö | هـِي َ مـِتغـَلـِبـَة |
| They are lost | humma mitghalibeenhumma mitGalibyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتغـَلـِبين |
