Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I wandered | 'ana 'itmashsheetaacnaa iictmashshyt | أنا َ إتمـَشّيت |
| We wandered | 'ihna 'itmashsheenaiicHnaa iictmashshynaa | إحنا َ إتمـَشّينا |
| You(m) wandered | 'inta 'itmashsheetiicnta iictmashshyt | إنت َ إتمـَشّيت |
| You(f) wandered | 'inti 'itmashsheetiiicnti iictmashshyty | إنت ِ إتمـَشّيتي |
| You(pl) wandered | 'intu 'itmashsheetuiicntoo iictmashshytoo | إنتوا إتمـَشّيتوا |
| He/it(m) wandered | huwa 'itmashshahuwa iictmashshY | هـُو َ إتمـَشّى |
| She/it(f) wandered | hiya 'itmashshithiya iictmashshit | هـِي َ إتمـَشّـِت |
| They wandered | humma 'itmashshuhumma iictmashshoo | هـُمّ َ إتمـَشّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might wander | 'ana yimkin 'atmashshaaacnaa yimkin aactmashshY | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتمـَشّى |
| We might wander | 'ihna yimkin nitmashshaiicHnaa yimkin nitmashshY | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتمـَشّى |
| You(m) might wander | 'inta yimkin titmashshaiicnta yimkin titmashshY | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَشّى |
| You(f) might wander | 'inti yimkin titmashshiiicnti yimkin titmashshy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَشّي |
| You(pl) might wander | 'intu yimkin titmashshuiicntoo yimkin titmashshoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَشّوا |
| He/it(m) might wander | huwa yimkin yitmashshahuwa yimkin yitmashshY | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَشّى |
| She/it(f) might wander | hiya yimkin titmashshahiya yimkin titmashshY | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتمـَشّى |
| They might wander | humma yimkin yitmashshuhumma yimkin yitmashshoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتمـَشّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I wander | 'ana batmashshaaacnaa batmashshY | أنا َ بـَتمـَشّى |
| We wander | 'ihna binitmashshaiicHnaa binitmashshY | إحنا َ بـِنـِتمـَشّى |
| You(m) wander | 'inta bititmashshaiicnta bititmashshY | إنت َ بـِتـِتمـَشّى |
| You(f) wander | 'inti bititmashshiiicnti bititmashshy | إنت ِ بـِتـِتمـَشّي |
| You(pl) wander | 'intu bititmashshuiicntoo bititmashshoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتمـَشّوا |
| He/it(m) wanders | huwa biyitmashshahuwa biyitmashshY | هـُو َ بـِيـِتمـَشّى |
| She/it(f) wanders | hiya bititmashshahiya bititmashshY | هـِي َ بـِتـِتمـَشّى |
| They wander | humma biyitmashshuhumma biyitmashshoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتمـَشّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will wander | 'ana hatmashshaaacnaa hatmashshY | أنا َ هـَتمـَشّى |
| We will wander | 'ihna hantmashshaiicHnaa hantmashshY | إحنا َ هـَنتمـَشّى |
| You(m) will wander | 'inta hatitmashshaiicnta hatitmashshY | إنت َ هـَتـِتمـَشّى |
| You(f) will wander | 'inti hatitmashshiiicnti hatitmashshy | إنت ِ هـَتـِتمـَشّي |
| You(pl) will wander | 'intu hatitmashshuiicntoo hatitmashshoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتمـَشّوا |
| He/it(m) will wander | huwa hayitmashshahuwa hayitmashshY | هـُو َ هـَيـِتمـَشّى |
| She/it(f) will wander | hiya hatitmashshahiya hatitmashshY | هـِي َ هـَتـِتمـَشّى |
| They will wander | humma hayitmashshuhumma hayitmashshoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتمـَشّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) wander! | 'itmashshaiictmashshY | إتمـَشّى |
| You(f) wander! | 'itmashshiiictmashshy | إتمـَشّي |
| You(pl) wander! | 'itmashshuiictmashshoo | إتمـَشّوا |
