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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  covered | 'ana ghatteetaacnaa GaTTyt |  أنا َ غـَطّيت | 
| We  covered | 'ihna ghatteenaiicHnaa GaTTynaa |  إحنا َ غـَطّينا | 
| You(m)  covered | 'inta ghatteetiicnta GaTTyt |  إنت َ غـَطّيت | 
| You(f)  covered | 'inti ghatteetiiicnti GaTTyty |  إنت ِ غـَطّيتي | 
| You(pl)  covered | 'intu ghatteetuiicntoo GaTTytoo |  إنتوا غـَطّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  covered | huwa ghattahuwa GaTTY |  هـُو َ غـَطّى | 
| She/it(f)  covered | hiya ghattithiya GaTTit |  هـِي َ غـَطّـِت | 
| They  covered | humma ghattuhumma GaTToo |  هـُمّ َ غـَطّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  cover | 'ana yimkin 'aghattiaacnaa yimkin aacGaTTy |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أغـَطّي | 
| We might  cover | 'ihna yimkin nighattiiicHnaa yimkin niGaTTy |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِغـَطّي | 
| You(m) might  cover | 'inta yimkin tighattiiicnta yimkin tiGaTTy |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي | 
| You(f) might  cover | 'inti yimkin tighattiiicnti yimkin tiGaTTy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي | 
| You(pl) might  cover | 'intu yimkin tighattuiicntoo yimkin tiGaTToo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  cover | huwa yimkin yighattihuwa yimkin yiGaTTy |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَطّي | 
| She/it(f) might  cover | hiya yimkin tighattihiya yimkin tiGaTTy |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِغـَطّي | 
| They might  cover | humma yimkin yighattuhumma yimkin yiGaTToo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِغـَطّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  cover | 'ana baghattiaacnaa baGaTTy |  أنا َ بـَغـَطّي | 
| We  cover | 'ihna binghattiiicHnaa binGaTTy |  إحنا َ بـِنغـَطّي | 
| You(m)  cover | 'inta bitghattiiicnta bitGaTTy |  إنت َ بـِتغـَطّي | 
| You(f)  cover | 'inti bitghattiiicnti bitGaTTy |  إنت ِ بـِتغـَطّي | 
| You(pl)  cover | 'intu bitghattuiicntoo bitGaTToo |  إنتوا بـِتغـَطّوا | 
| He/it(m)  covers | huwa biyighattihuwa biyiGaTTy |  هـُو َ بـِيـِغـَطّي | 
| She/it(f)  covers | hiya bitghattihiya bitGaTTy |  هـِي َ بـِتغـَطّي | 
| They  cover | humma biyighattuhumma biyiGaTToo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِغـَطّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  cover | 'ana haghattiaacnaa haGaTTy |  أنا َ هـَغـَطّي | 
| We will  cover | 'ihna hanghattiiicHnaa hanGaTTy |  إحنا َ هـَنغـَطّي | 
| You(m) will  cover | 'inta hatghattiiicnta hatGaTTy |  إنت َ هـَتغـَطّي | 
| You(f) will  cover | 'inti hatghattiiicnti hatGaTTy |  إنت ِ هـَتغـَطّي | 
| You(pl) will  cover | 'intu hatghattuiicntoo hatGaTToo |  إنتوا هـَتغـَطّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  cover | huwa hayighattihuwa hayiGaTTy |  هـُو َ هـَيـِغـَطّي | 
| She/it(f) will  cover | hiya hatghattihiya hatGaTTy |  هـِي َ هـَتغـَطّي | 
| They will  cover | humma hayighattuhumma hayiGaTToo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِغـَطّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  cover! | ghattiGaTTy |  غـَطّي | 
| You(f)  cover! | ghattiGaTTy |  غـَطّي | 
| You(pl)  cover! | ghattuGaTToo |  غـَطّوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  covered | huwa maghattihuwa maGaTTy |  هـُو َ مـَغـَطّي | 
| She/it(f) is  covered | hiya maghattyahiya maGaTTyaö |  هـِي َ مـَغـَطّيـَة | 
| They are  covered | humma maghattyeenhumma maGaTTyyn |  هـُمّ َ مـَغـَطّيين |