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