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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'ithalaktaacnaa iicthalakt | أنا َ إثـَلـَكت | 
| We  was | 'ihna 'ithalaknaiicHnaa iicthalaknaa | إحنا َ إثـَلـَكنا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta 'ithalaktiicnta iicthalakt | إنت َ إثـَلـَكت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'ithalaktiiicnti iicthalakty | إنت ِ إثـَلـَكتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu 'ithalaktuiicntoo iicthalaktoo | إنتوا إثـَلـَكتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa 'ithalakhuwa iicthalak | هـُو َ إثـَلـَك | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'ithalakithiya iicthalakit | هـِي َ إثـَلـَكـِت | 
| They  was | humma 'ithalakuhumma iicthalakoo | هـُمّ َ إثـَلـَكوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'athilikaacnaa yimkin aacthilik | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أثـِلـِك | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nithilikiicHnaa yimkin nithilik | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin tithilikiicnta yimkin tithilik | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin tithilkiiicnti yimkin tithilky | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin tithilkuiicntoo yimkin tithilkoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yithilikhuwa yimkin yithilik | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin tithilikhiya yimkin tithilik | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِثـِلـِك | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yithilkuhumma yimkin yithilkoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِثـِلكوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana bathilikaacnaa bathilik | أنا َ بـَثـِلـِك | 
| We  be | 'ihna binithilikiicHnaa binithilik | إحنا َ بـِنـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bitithilikiicnta bitithilik | إنت َ بـِتـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bitithilkiiicnti bitithilky | إنت ِ بـِتـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bitithilkuiicntoo bitithilkoo | إنتوا بـِتـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyithilikhuwa biyithilik | هـُو َ بـِيـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bitithilikhiya bitithilik | هـِي َ بـِتـِثـِلـِك | 
| They  be | humma biyithilkuhumma biyithilkoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِثـِلكوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hathilikaacnaa hathilik | أنا َ هـَثـِلـِك | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanithilikiicHnaa hanithilik | إحنا َ هـَنـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatithilikiicnta hatithilik | إنت َ هـَتـِثـِلـِك | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatithilkiiicnti hatithilky | إنت ِ هـَتـِثـِلكي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatithilkuiicntoo hatithilkoo | إنتوا هـَتـِثـِلكوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayithilikhuwa hayithilik | هـُو َ هـَيـِثـِلـِك | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatithilikhiya hatithilik | هـِي َ هـَتـِثـِلـِك | 
| They will  be | humma hayithilkuhumma hayithilkoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِثـِلكوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  be! | 'ithilikiicthilik | إثـِلـِك | 
| You(f)  be! | 'ithilikiiicthiliky | إثـِلـِكي | 
| You(pl)  be! | 'ithilikuiicthilikoo | إثـِلـِكوا |