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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  knocked | 'ana kafeetaacnaa kafyt | أنا َ كـَفيت | 
| We  knocked | 'ihna kafeenaiicHnaa kafynaa | إحنا َ كـَفينا | 
| You(m)  knocked | 'inta kafeetiicnta kafyt | إنت َ كـَفيت | 
| You(f)  knocked | 'inti kafeetiiicnti kafyty | إنت ِ كـَفيتي | 
| You(pl)  knocked | 'intu kafeetuiicntoo kafytoo | إنتوا كـَفيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  knocked | huwa kafahuwa kafY | هـُو َ كـَفى | 
| She/it(f)  knocked | hiya kafyithiya kafyit | هـِي َ كـَفيـِت | 
| They  knocked | humma kafuhumma kafoo | هـُمّ َ كـَفوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  knock | 'ana yimkin 'akfiaacnaa yimkin aackfy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكفي | 
| We might  knock | 'ihna yimkin nikfiiicHnaa yimkin nikfy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكفي | 
| You(m) might  knock | 'inta yimkin tikfiiicnta yimkin tikfy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكفي | 
| You(f) might  knock | 'inti yimkin tikfiiicnti yimkin tikfy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكفي | 
| You(pl) might  knock | 'intu yimkin tikfuiicntoo yimkin tikfoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكفوا | 
| He/it(m) might  knock | huwa yimkin yikfihuwa yimkin yikfy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكفي | 
| She/it(f) might  knock | hiya yimkin tikfihiya yimkin tikfy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكفي | 
| They might  knock | humma yimkin yikfuhumma yimkin yikfoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكفوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  knock | 'ana bakfiaacnaa bakfy | أنا َ بـَكفي | 
| We  knock | 'ihna binikfiiicHnaa binikfy | إحنا َ بـِنـِكفي | 
| You(m)  knock | 'inta bitikfiiicnta bitikfy | إنت َ بـِتـِكفي | 
| You(f)  knock | 'inti bitikfiiicnti bitikfy | إنت ِ بـِتـِكفي | 
| You(pl)  knock | 'intu bitikfuiicntoo bitikfoo | إنتوا بـِتـِكفوا | 
| He/it(m)  knocks | huwa biyikfihuwa biyikfy | هـُو َ بـِيـِكفي | 
| She/it(f)  knocks | hiya bitikfihiya bitikfy | هـِي َ بـِتـِكفي | 
| They  knock | humma biyikfuhumma biyikfoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكفوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  knock | 'ana hakfiaacnaa hakfy | أنا َ هـَكفي | 
| We will  knock | 'ihna hanikfiiicHnaa hanikfy | إحنا َ هـَنـِكفي | 
| You(m) will  knock | 'inta hatikfiiicnta hatikfy | إنت َ هـَتـِكفي | 
| You(f) will  knock | 'inti hatikfiiicnti hatikfy | إنت ِ هـَتـِكفي | 
| You(pl) will  knock | 'intu hatikfuiicntoo hatikfoo | إنتوا هـَتـِكفوا | 
| He/it(m) will  knock | huwa hayikfihuwa hayikfy | هـُو َ هـَيـِكفي | 
| She/it(f) will  knock | hiya hatikfihiya hatikfy | هـِي َ هـَتـِكفي | 
| They will  knock | humma hayikfuhumma hayikfoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكفوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  knock! | 'ikfiiickfy | إكفي | 
| You(f)  knock! | 'ikfiiickfy | إكفي | 
| You(pl)  knock! | 'ikfuiickfoo | إكفوا |