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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  hired | 'ana shaghghaltaacnaa shaGGalt |  أنا َ شـَغّـَلت | 
| We  hired | 'ihna shaghghalnaiicHnaa shaGGalnaa |  إحنا َ شـَغّـَلنا | 
| You(m)  hired | 'inta shaghghaltiicnta shaGGalt |  إنت َ شـَغّـَلت | 
| You(f)  hired | 'inti shaghghaltiiicnti shaGGalty |  إنت ِ شـَغّـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  hired | 'intu shaghghaltuiicntoo shaGGaltoo |  إنتوا شـَغّـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  hired | huwa shaghghalhuwa shaGGal |  هـُو َ شـَغّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  hired | hiya shaghghalithiya shaGGalit |  هـِي َ شـَغّـَلـِت | 
| They  hired | humma shaghghaluhumma shaGGaloo |  هـُمّ َ شـَغّـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  hire | 'ana yimkin 'ashaghghalaacnaa yimkin aacshaGGal |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشـَغّـَل | 
| We might  hire | 'ihna yimkin nishaghghaliicHnaa yimkin nishaGGal |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(m) might  hire | 'inta yimkin tishaghghaliicnta yimkin tishaGGal |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(f) might  hire | 'inti yimkin tishaghghaliiicnti yimkin tishaGGaly |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَغّـَلي | 
| You(pl) might  hire | 'intu yimkin tishaghghaluiicntoo yimkin tishaGGaloo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  hire | huwa yimkin yishaghghalhuwa yimkin yishaGGal |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَغّـَل | 
| She/it(f) might  hire | hiya yimkin tishaghghalhiya yimkin tishaGGal |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـَغّـَل | 
| They might  hire | humma yimkin yishaghghaluhumma yimkin yishaGGaloo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  hire | 'ana bashaghghalaacnaa bashaGGal |  أنا َ بـَشـَغّـَل | 
| We  hire | 'ihna binishaghghaliicHnaa binishaGGal |  إحنا َ بـِنـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(m)  hire | 'inta bitishaghghaliicnta bitishaGGal |  إنت َ بـِتـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(f)  hire | 'inti bitishaghghaliiicnti bitishaGGaly |  إنت ِ بـِتـِشـَغّـَلي | 
| You(pl)  hire | 'intu bitishaghghaluiicntoo bitishaGGaloo |  إنتوا بـِتـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m)  hires | huwa biyishaghghalhuwa biyishaGGal |  هـُو َ بـِيـِشـَغّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  hires | hiya bitishaghghalhiya bitishaGGal |  هـِي َ بـِتـِشـَغّـَل | 
| They  hire | humma biyishaghghaluhumma biyishaGGaloo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  hire | 'ana hashaghghalaacnaa hashaGGal |  أنا َ هـَشـَغّـَل | 
| We will  hire | 'ihna hanishaghghaliicHnaa hanishaGGal |  إحنا َ هـَنـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(m) will  hire | 'inta hatishaghghaliicnta hatishaGGal |  إنت َ هـَتـِشـَغّـَل | 
| You(f) will  hire | 'inti hatishaghghaliiicnti hatishaGGaly |  إنت ِ هـَتـِشـَغّـَلي | 
| You(pl) will  hire | 'intu hatishaghghaluiicntoo hatishaGGaloo |  إنتوا هـَتـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  hire | huwa hayishaghghalhuwa hayishaGGal |  هـُو َ هـَيـِشـَغّـَل | 
| She/it(f) will  hire | hiya hatishaghghalhiya hatishaGGal |  هـِي َ هـَتـِشـَغّـَل | 
| They will  hire | humma hayishaghghaluhumma hayishaGGaloo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشـَغّـَلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  hire! | 'ishghaliicshGal |  إشغـَل | 
| You(f)  hire! | 'ishghaliiicshGaly |  إشغـَلي | 
| You(pl)  hire! | ishghaluishGaloo |   ِشغـَلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  hired | huwa mishaghghalhuwa mishaGGal |  هـُو َ مـِشـَغّـَل | 
| She/it(f) is  hired | hiya mishaghghalahiya mishaGGalaö |  هـِي َ مـِشـَغّـَلـَة | 
| They are  hired | humma mishaghghaleenhumma mishaGGalyn |  هـُمّ َ مـِشـَغّـَلين |