Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I passed | 'ana 'itwaffeetaacnaa iictwaffyt | أنا َ إتو َفّيت |
| We passed | 'ihna 'itwaffeenaiicHnaa iictwaffynaa | إحنا َ إتو َفّينا |
| You(m) passed | 'inta 'itwaffeetiicnta iictwaffyt | إنت َ إتو َفّيت |
| You(f) passed | 'inti 'itwaffeetiiicnti iictwaffyty | إنت ِ إتو َفّيتي |
| You(pl) passed | 'intu 'itwaffeetuiicntoo iictwaffytoo | إنتوا إتو َفّيتوا |
| He/it(m) passed | huwa 'itwaffahuwa iictwaffY | هـُو َ إتو َفّى |
| She/it(f) passed | hiya 'itwaffithiya iictwaffit | هـِي َ إتو َفّـِت |
| They passed | humma 'itwaffuhumma iictwaffoo | هـُمّ َ إتو َفّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might pass | 'ana yimkin 'atwaffaaacnaa yimkin aactwaffY | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتو َفّى |
| We might pass | 'ihna yimkin nitwaffaiicHnaa yimkin nitwaffY | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتو َفّى |
| You(m) might pass | 'inta yimkin titwaffaiicnta yimkin titwaffY | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتو َفّى |
| You(f) might pass | 'inti yimkin titwaffiiicnti yimkin titwaffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتو َفّي |
| You(pl) might pass | 'intu yimkin titwaffuiicntoo yimkin titwaffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتو َفّوا |
| He/it(m) might pass | huwa yimkin yitwaffahuwa yimkin yitwaffY | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتو َفّى |
| She/it(f) might pass | hiya yimkin titwaffahiya yimkin titwaffY | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتو َفّى |
| They might pass | humma yimkin yitwaffuhumma yimkin yitwaffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتو َفّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I pass | 'ana batwaffaaacnaa batwaffY | أنا َ بـَتو َفّى |
| We pass | 'ihna binitwaffaiicHnaa binitwaffY | إحنا َ بـِنـِتو َفّى |
| You(m) pass | 'inta bititwaffaiicnta bititwaffY | إنت َ بـِتـِتو َفّى |
| You(f) pass | 'inti bititwaffiiicnti bititwaffy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتو َفّي |
| You(pl) pass | 'intu bititwaffuiicntoo bititwaffoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتو َفّوا |
| He/it(m) passs | huwa biyitwaffahuwa biyitwaffY | هـُو َ بـِيـِتو َفّى |
| She/it(f) passs | hiya bititwaffahiya bititwaffY | هـِي َ بـِتـِتو َفّى |
| They pass | humma biyitwaffuhumma biyitwaffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتو َفّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will pass | 'ana hatwaffaaacnaa hatwaffY | أنا َ هـَتو َفّى |
| We will pass | 'ihna hantwaffaiicHnaa hantwaffY | إحنا َ هـَنتو َفّى |
| You(m) will pass | 'inta hatitwaffaiicnta hatitwaffY | إنت َ هـَتـِتو َفّى |
| You(f) will pass | 'inti hatitwaffiiicnti hatitwaffy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتو َفّي |
| You(pl) will pass | 'intu hatitwaffuiicntoo hatitwaffoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتو َفّوا |
| He/it(m) will pass | huwa hayitwaffahuwa hayitwaffY | هـُو َ هـَيـِتو َفّى |
| She/it(f) will pass | hiya hatitwaffahiya hatitwaffY | هـِي َ هـَتـِتو َفّى |
| They will pass | humma hayitwaffuhumma hayitwaffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتو َفّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) pass! | 'itwaffaiictwaffY | إتو َفّى |
| You(f) pass! | 'itwaffiiictwaffy | إتو َفّي |
| You(pl) pass! | 'itwaffuiictwaffoo | إتو َفّوا |
