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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  occupied | 'ana shaghaltaacnaa shaGalt | أنا َ شـَغـَلت | 
| We  occupied | 'ihna shaghalnaiicHnaa shaGalnaa | إحنا َ شـَغـَلنا | 
| You(m)  occupied | 'inta shaghaltiicnta shaGalt | إنت َ شـَغـَلت | 
| You(f)  occupied | 'inti shaghaltiiicnti shaGalty | إنت ِ شـَغـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  occupied | 'intu shaghaltuiicntoo shaGaltoo | إنتوا شـَغـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  occupied | huwa shaghalhuwa shaGal | هـُو َ شـَغـَل | 
| She/it(f)  occupied | hiya shaghalithiya shaGalit | هـِي َ شـَغـَلـِت | 
| They  occupied | humma shaghaluhumma shaGaloo | هـُمّ َ شـَغـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  occupy | 'ana yimkin 'ashghilaacnaa yimkin aacshGil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشغـِل | 
| We might  occupy | 'ihna yimkin nishghiliicHnaa yimkin nishGil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشغـِل | 
| You(m) might  occupy | 'inta yimkin tishghiliicnta yimkin tishGil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِل | 
| You(f) might  occupy | 'inti yimkin tishghiliiicnti yimkin tishGily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِلي | 
| You(pl) might  occupy | 'intu yimkin tishghiluiicntoo yimkin tishGiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  occupy | huwa yimkin yishghilhuwa yimkin yishGil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشغـِل | 
| She/it(f) might  occupy | hiya yimkin tishghilhiya yimkin tishGil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشغـِل | 
| They might  occupy | humma yimkin yishghiluhumma yimkin yishGiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشغـِلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  occupy | 'ana bashghilaacnaa bashGil | أنا َ بـَشغـِل | 
| We  occupy | 'ihna binishghiliicHnaa binishGil | إحنا َ بـِنـِشغـِل | 
| You(m)  occupy | 'inta bitishghiliicnta bitishGil | إنت َ بـِتـِشغـِل | 
| You(f)  occupy | 'inti bitishghiliiicnti bitishGily | إنت ِ بـِتـِشغـِلي | 
| You(pl)  occupy | 'intu bitishghiluiicntoo bitishGiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِشغـِلوا | 
| He/it(m)  occupys | huwa biyishghilhuwa biyishGil | هـُو َ بـِيـِشغـِل | 
| She/it(f)  occupys | hiya bitishghilhiya bitishGil | هـِي َ بـِتـِشغـِل | 
| They  occupy | humma biyishghiluhumma biyishGiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشغـِلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  occupy | 'ana hashghilaacnaa hashGil | أنا َ هـَشغـِل | 
| We will  occupy | 'ihna hanishghiliicHnaa hanishGil | إحنا َ هـَنـِشغـِل | 
| You(m) will  occupy | 'inta hatishghiliicnta hatishGil | إنت َ هـَتـِشغـِل | 
| You(f) will  occupy | 'inti hatishghiliiicnti hatishGily | إنت ِ هـَتـِشغـِلي | 
| You(pl) will  occupy | 'intu hatishghiluiicntoo hatishGiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِشغـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  occupy | huwa hayishghilhuwa hayishGil | هـُو َ هـَيـِشغـِل | 
| She/it(f) will  occupy | hiya hatishghilhiya hatishGil | هـِي َ هـَتـِشغـِل | 
| They will  occupy | humma hayishghiluhumma hayishGiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشغـِلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  occupy! | 'ishghiliicshGil | إشغـِل | 
| You(f)  occupy! | 'ishghiliiicshGily | إشغـِلي | 
| You(pl)  occupy! | 'ishghiluiicshGiloo | إشغـِلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  occupied | huwa mashghoolhuwa mashGwl | هـُو َ مـَشغول | 
| She/it(f) is  occupied | hiya mashghoolahiya mashGwlaö | هـِي َ مـَشغولـَة | 
| They are  occupied | humma mashghooleenhumma mashGwlyn | هـُمّ َ مـَشغولين |