Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I put | 'ana 'istathmartaacnaa iicstathmart | أنا َ إستـَثمـَرت |
| We put | 'ihna 'istathmarnaiicHnaa iicstathmarnaa | إحنا َ إستـَثمـَرنا |
| You(m) put | 'inta 'istathmartiicnta iicstathmart | إنت َ إستـَثمـَرت |
| You(f) put | 'inti 'istathmartiiicnti iicstathmarty | إنت ِ إستـَثمـَرتي |
| You(pl) put | 'intu 'istathmartuiicntoo iicstathmartoo | إنتوا إستـَثمـَرتوا |
| He/it(m) put | huwa 'istathmarhuwa iicstathmar | هـُو َ إستـَثمـَر |
| She/it(f) put | hiya 'istathmarithiya iicstathmarit | هـِي َ إستـَثمـَر ِت |
| They put | humma 'istathmaruhumma iicstathmaroo | هـُمّ َ إستـَثمـَروا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might put | 'ana yimkin 'astathmiraacnaa yimkin aacstathmir | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أستـَثمـِر |
| We might put | 'ihna yimkin nistathmiriicHnaa yimkin nistathmir | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِستـَثمـِر |
| You(m) might put | 'inta yimkin tistathmiriicnta yimkin tistathmir | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَثمـِر |
| You(f) might put | 'inti yimkin titsathmiriiicnti yimkin titsathmiry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَثمـِري |
| You(pl) might put | 'intu yimkin titsathmiruiicntoo yimkin titsathmiroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَثمـِروا |
| He/it(m) might put | huwa yimkin yistathmirhuwa yimkin yistathmir | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَثمـِر |
| She/it(f) might put | hiya yimkin tistathmirhiya yimkin tistathmir | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِستـَثمـِر |
| They might put | humma yimkin yistathmiruhumma yimkin yistathmiroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِستـَثمـِروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I put | 'ana bastathmaraacnaa bastathmar | أنا َ بـَستـَثمـَر |
| We put | 'ihna binistathmariicHnaa binistathmar | إحنا َ بـِنـِستـَثمـَر |
| You(m) put | 'inta bitistathmariicnta bitistathmar | إنت َ بـِتـِستـَثمـَر |
| You(f) put | 'inti bitisithmariiicnti bitisithmary | إنت ِ بـِتـِسـِثمـَري |
| You(pl) put | 'intu bitistathmaruiicntoo bitistathmaroo | إنتوا بـِتـِستـَثمـَروا |
| He/it(m) puts | huwa biyistathmarhuwa biyistathmar | هـُو َ بـِيـِستـَثمـَر |
| She/it(f) puts | hiya bitistathmarhiya bitistathmar | هـِي َ بـِتـِستـَثمـَر |
| They put | humma biyistathmaruhumma biyistathmaroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِستـَثمـَروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will put | 'ana hastathmaraacnaa hastathmar | أنا َ هـَستـَثمـَر |
| We will put | 'ihna hanistathmariicHnaa hanistathmar | إحنا َ هـَنـِستـَثمـَر |
| You(m) will put | 'inta hatistathmariicnta hatistathmar | إنت َ هـَتـِستـَثمـَر |
| You(f) will put | 'inti hatistathmariiicnti hatistathmary | إنت ِ هـَتـِستـَثمـَري |
| You(pl) will put | 'intu hatistathmaruiicntoo hatistathmaroo | إنتوا هـَتـِستـَثمـَروا |
| He/it(m) will put | huwa hayistathmarhuwa hayistathmar | هـُو َ هـَيـِستـَثمـَر |
| She/it(f) will put | hiya hatistathmarhiya hatistathmar | هـِي َ هـَتـِستـَثمـَر |
| They will put | humma hayistathmaruhumma hayistathmaroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِستـَثمـَروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) put! | 'istathmiriicstathmir | إستـَثمـِر |
| You(f) put! | 'istathmiriiicstathmiry | إستـَثمـِري |
| You(pl) put! | 'istathmiruiicstathmiroo | إستـَثمـِروا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is put | huwa mistathmirhuwa mistathmir | هـُو َ مـِستـَثمـِر |
| She/it(f) is put | hiya mistathmirahiya mistathmiraö | هـِي َ مـِستـَثمـِر َة |
| They are put | humma mistathmireenhumma mistathmiryn | هـُمّ َ مـِستـَثمـِرين |
