Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I chased | 'ana nammartaacnaa nammart | أنا َ نـَمّـَرت |
| We chased | 'ihna nammarnaiicHnaa nammarnaa | إحنا َ نـَمّـَرنا |
| You(m) chased | 'inta nammartiicnta nammart | إنت َ نـَمّـَرت |
| You(f) chased | 'inti nammartiiicnti nammarty | إنت ِ نـَمّـَرتي |
| You(pl) chased | 'intu nammartuiicntoo nammartoo | إنتوا نـَمّـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) chased | huwa nammarhuwa nammar | هـُو َ نـَمّـَر |
| She/it(f) chased | hiya nammarithiya nammarit | هـِي َ نـَمّـَر ِت |
| They chased | humma nammaruhumma nammaroo | هـُمّ َ نـَمّـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might chase | 'ana yimkin 'anammaraacnaa yimkin aacnammar | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أنـَمّـَر |
| We might chase | 'ihna yimkin ninammariicHnaa yimkin ninammar | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(m) might chase | 'inta yimkin tinammariicnta yimkin tinammar | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(f) might chase | 'inti yimkin tinammariiicnti yimkin tinammary | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَمّـَري |
| You(pl) might chase | 'intu yimkin tinammaruiicntoo yimkin tinammaroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِنـَمّـَروا |
| He/it(m) might chase | huwa yimkin yinammarhuwa yimkin yinammar | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَمّـَر |
| She/it(f) might chase | hiya yimkin tinammarhiya yimkin tinammar | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِنـَمّـَر |
| They might chase | humma yimkin yinammaruhumma yimkin yinammaroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِنـَمّـَروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I chase | 'ana banammaraacnaa banammar | أنا َ بـَنـَمّـَر |
| We chase | 'ihna bininammariicHnaa bininammar | إحنا َ بـِنـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(m) chase | 'inta bitinammariicnta bitinammar | إنت َ بـِتـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(f) chase | 'inti bitinammariiicnti bitinammary | إنت ِ بـِتـِنـَمّـَري |
| You(pl) chase | 'intu bitinammaruiicntoo bitinammaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِنـَمّـَروا |
| He/it(m) chases | huwa biyinammarhuwa biyinammar | هـُو َ بـِيـِنـَمّـَر |
| She/it(f) chases | hiya bitinammarhiya bitinammar | هـِي َ بـِتـِنـَمّـَر |
| They chase | humma biyinammaruhumma biyinammaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِنـَمّـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will chase | 'ana hanammaraacnaa hanammar | أنا َ هـَنـَمّـَر |
| We will chase | 'ihna haninammariicHnaa haninammar | إحنا َ هـَنـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(m) will chase | 'inta hatinammariicnta hatinammar | إنت َ هـَتـِنـَمّـَر |
| You(f) will chase | 'inti hatinammariiicnti hatinammary | إنت ِ هـَتـِنـَمّـَري |
| You(pl) will chase | 'intu hatinammaruiicntoo hatinammaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِنـَمّـَروا |
| He/it(m) will chase | huwa hayinammarhuwa hayinammar | هـُو َ هـَيـِنـَمّـَر |
| She/it(f) will chase | hiya hatinammarhiya hatinammar | هـِي َ هـَتـِنـَمّـَر |
| They will chase | humma hayinammaruhumma hayinammaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِنـَمّـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) chase! | 'inmariicnmar | إنمـَر |
| You(f) chase! | 'inmariiicnmary | إنمـَري |
| You(pl) chase! | inmaruinmaroo | ِنمـَروا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is chased | huwa minammarhuwa minammar | هـُو َ مـِنـَمّـَر |
| She/it(f) is chased | hiya minammarahiya minammaraö | هـِي َ مـِنـَمّـَر َة |
| They are chased | humma minammareenhumma minammaryn | هـُمّ َ مـِنـَمّـَرين |
