Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I based | 'ana 'assistaacnaa aacssist | أنا َ أسّـِست |
| We based | 'ihna 'assisnaiicHnaa aacssisnaa | إحنا َ أسّـِسنا |
| You(m) based | 'inta 'assistiicnta aacssist | إنت َ أسّـِست |
| You(f) based | 'inti 'assistiiicnti aacssisty | إنت ِ أسّـِستي |
| You(pl) based | 'intu 'assistuiicntoo aacssistoo | إنتوا أسّـِستوا |
| He/it(m) based | huwa 'assishuwa aacssis | هـُو َ أسّـِس |
| She/it(f) based | hiya 'assisithiya aacssisit | هـِي َ أسّـِسـِت |
| They based | humma 'assisuhumma aacssisoo | هـُمّ َ أسّـِسوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might base | 'ana yimkin 'aassisaacnaa yimkin aacaassis | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أا َسّـِس |
| We might base | 'ihna yimkin ni'assisiicHnaa yimkin niaacssis | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِأسّـِس |
| You(m) might base | 'inta yimkin ti'assisiicnta yimkin tiaacssis | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِأسّـِس |
| You(f) might base | 'inti yimkin ti'assisiiicnti yimkin tiaacssisy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِأسّـِسي |
| You(pl) might base | 'intu yimkin ti'assisuiicntoo yimkin tiaacssisoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِأسّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) might base | huwa yimkin yi'assishuwa yimkin yiaacssis | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِأسّـِس |
| She/it(f) might base | hiya yimkin ti'assishiya yimkin tiaacssis | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِأسّـِس |
| They might base | humma yimkin yi'assisuhumma yimkin yiaacssisoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِأسّـِسوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I base | 'ana b'assisaacnaa baacssis | أنا َ بأسّـِس |
| We base | 'ihna bin'assisiicHnaa binaacssis | إحنا َ بـِنأسّـِس |
| You(m) base | 'inta bit'assisiicnta bitaacssis | إنت َ بـِتأسّـِس |
| You(f) base | 'inti bit'assisiiicnti bitaacssisy | إنت ِ بـِتأسّـِسي |
| You(pl) base | 'intu bit'assisuiicntoo bitaacssisoo | إنتوا بـِتأسّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) bases | huwa biy'assishuwa biyaacssis | هـُو َ بـِيأسّـِس |
| She/it(f) bases | hiya bit'assishiya bitaacssis | هـِي َ بـِتأسّـِس |
| They base | humma biy'assisuhumma biyaacssisoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيأسّـِسوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will base | 'ana h'assisaacnaa haacssis | أنا َ هأسّـِس |
| We will base | 'ihna han'assisiicHnaa hanaacssis | إحنا َ هـَنأسّـِس |
| You(m) will base | 'inta hat'assisiicnta hataacssis | إنت َ هـَتأسّـِس |
| You(f) will base | 'inti hat'assisiiicnti hataacssisy | إنت ِ هـَتأسّـِسي |
| You(pl) will base | 'intu hat'assisuiicntoo hataacssisoo | إنتوا هـَتأسّـِسوا |
| He/it(m) will base | huwa hay'assishuwa hayaacssis | هـُو َ هـَيأسّـِس |
| She/it(f) will base | hiya hat'assishiya hataacssis | هـِي َ هـَتأسّـِس |
| They will base | humma hay'assisuhumma hayaacssisoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيأسّـِسوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) base! | 'assisaacssis | أسّـِس |
| You(f) base! | 'assisiaacssisy | أسّـِسي |
| You(pl) base! | 'assisuaacssisoo | أسّـِسوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is based | huwa mu'assishuwa muaacssis | هـُو َ مـُأسّـِس |
| She/it(f) is based | hiya mu'assisahiya muaacssisaö | هـِي َ مـُأسّـِسـَة |
| They are based | humma mu'assiseenhumma muaacssisyn | هـُمّ َ مـُأسّـِسين |
