Verb details

Word:	bada'badaC	بـَد َء
Meaning:	commencecommence

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I commenced	'ana bada'taacnaa badaCt	أنا َ بـَد َءت
We commenced	'ihna bada'naiicHnaa badaCnaa	إحنا َ بـَد َءنا
You(m) commenced	'inta bada'tiicnta badaCt	إنت َ بـَد َءت
You(f) commenced	'inti bada'tiiicnti badaCty	إنت ِ بـَد َءتي
You(pl) commenced	'intu bada'tuiicntoo badaCtoo	إنتوا بـَد َءتوا
He/it(m) commenced	huwa bada'huwa badaC	هـُو َ بـَد َء
She/it(f) commenced	hiya bada'ithiya badaCit	هـِي َ بـَد َء ِت
They commenced	humma bada'uhumma badaCoo	هـُمّ َ بـَد َءوا

Imperfect

used with modals (must, should, could, want to...

English	Egyptian
I might commence	'ana yimkin 'abda'aacnaa yimkin aacbdaC	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبد َء
We might commence	'ihna yimkin nibda'iicHnaa yimkin nibdaC	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبد َء
You(m) might commence	'inta yimkin tibda'iicnta yimkin tibdaC	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبد َء
You(f) might commence	'inti yimkin tibda'iiicnti yimkin tibdaCy	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبد َءي
You(pl) might commence	'intu yimkin tibda'uiicntoo yimkin tibdaCoo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبد َءوا
He/it(m) might commence	huwa yimkin yibda'huwa yimkin yibdaC	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبد َء
She/it(f) might commence	hiya yimkin tibda'hiya yimkin tibdaC	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبد َء
They might commence	humma yimkin yibda'uhumma yimkin yibdaCoo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبد َءوا

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I commence	'ana babda'aacnaa babdaC	أنا َ بـَبد َء
We commence	'ihna binibda'iicHnaa binibdaC	إحنا َ بـِنـِبد َء
You(m) commence	'inta bitibda'iicnta bitibdaC	إنت َ بـِتـِبد َء
You(f) commence	'inti bitibda'iiicnti bitibdaCy	إنت ِ بـِتـِبد َءي
You(pl) commence	'intu bitibda'uiicntoo bitibdaCoo	إنتوا بـِتـِبد َءوا
He/it(m) commences	huwa biyibda'huwa biyibdaC	هـُو َ بـِيـِبد َء
She/it(f) commences	hiya bitibda'hiya bitibdaC	هـِي َ بـِتـِبد َء
They commence	humma biyibda'uhumma biyibdaCoo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبد َءوا

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will commence	'ana habda'aacnaa habdaC	أنا َ هـَبد َء
We will commence	'ihna hanibda'iicHnaa hanibdaC	إحنا َ هـَنـِبد َء
You(m) will commence	'inta hatibda'iicnta hatibdaC	إنت َ هـَتـِبد َء
You(f) will commence	'inti hatibda'iiicnti hatibdaCy	إنت ِ هـَتـِبد َءي
You(pl) will commence	'intu hatibda'uiicntoo hatibdaCoo	إنتوا هـَتـِبد َءوا
He/it(m) will commence	huwa hayibda'huwa hayibdaC	هـُو َ هـَيـِبد َء
She/it(f) will commence	hiya hatibda'hiya hatibdaC	هـِي َ هـَتـِبد َء
They will commence	humma hayibda'uhumma hayibdaCoo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبد َءوا

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

English	Egyptian
You(m) commence!	'ibda'iicbdaC	إبد َء
You(f) commence!	'ibda'iiicbdaCy	إبد َءي
You(pl) commence!	'ibda'uiicbdaCoo	إبد َءوا