Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I drove | 'ana hishsheetaacnaa hishshyt | أنا َ هـِشّيت |
| We drove | 'ihna hishsheenaiicHnaa hishshynaa | إحنا َ هـِشّينا |
| You(m) drove | 'inta hishsheetiicnta hishshyt | إنت َ هـِشّيت |
| You(f) drove | 'inti hishsheetiiicnti hishshyty | إنت ِ هـِشّيتي |
| You(pl) drove | 'intu hishsheetuiicntoo hishshytoo | إنتوا هـِشّيتوا |
| He/it(m) drove | huwa hishshhuwa hishsh | هـُو َ هـِشّ |
| She/it(f) drove | hiya hishshithiya hishshit | هـِي َ هـِشّـِت |
| They drove | humma hishshuhumma hishshoo | هـُمّ َ هـِشّوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might drive | 'ana yimkin 'ahishshaacnaa yimkin aachishsh | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أهـِشّ |
| We might drive | 'ihna yimkin nihishshiicHnaa yimkin nihishsh | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِهـِشّ |
| You(m) might drive | 'inta yimkin tihishshiicnta yimkin tihishsh | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِشّ |
| You(f) might drive | 'inti yimkin tihishshiiicnti yimkin tihishshy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِشّي |
| You(pl) might drive | 'intu yimkin tihishshuiicntoo yimkin tihishshoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِهـِشّوا |
| He/it(m) might drive | huwa yimkin yihishshhuwa yimkin yihishsh | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِشّ |
| She/it(f) might drive | hiya yimkin tihishshhiya yimkin tihishsh | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِهـِشّ |
| They might drive | humma yimkin yihishshuhumma yimkin yihishshoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِهـِشّوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I drive | 'ana bahishshaacnaa bahishsh | أنا َ بـَهـِشّ |
| We drive | 'ihna binhishshiicHnaa binhishsh | إحنا َ بـِنهـِشّ |
| You(m) drive | 'inta bithishshiicnta bithishsh | إنت َ بـِثـِشّ |
| You(f) drive | 'inti bithishshiiicnti bithishshy | إنت ِ بـِثـِشّي |
| You(pl) drive | 'intu bithishshuiicntoo bithishshoo | إنتوا بـِثـِشّوا |
| He/it(m) drives | huwa biyihishshhuwa biyihishsh | هـُو َ بـِيـِهـِشّ |
| She/it(f) drives | hiya bithishshhiya bithishsh | هـِي َ بـِثـِشّ |
| They drive | humma biyihishshuhumma biyihishshoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِهـِشّوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will drive | 'ana hahishshaacnaa hahishsh | أنا َ هـَهـِشّ |
| We will drive | 'ihna hanhishshiicHnaa hanhishsh | إحنا َ هـَنهـِشّ |
| You(m) will drive | 'inta hathishshiicnta hathishsh | إنت َ هـَثـِشّ |
| You(f) will drive | 'inti hathishshiiicnti hathishshy | إنت ِ هـَثـِشّي |
| You(pl) will drive | 'intu hathishshuiicntoo hathishshoo | إنتوا هـَثـِشّوا |
| He/it(m) will drive | huwa hayihishshhuwa hayihishsh | هـُو َ هـَيـِهـِشّ |
| She/it(f) will drive | hiya hathishshhiya hathishsh | هـِي َ هـَثـِشّ |
| They will drive | humma hayihishshuhumma hayihishshoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِهـِشّوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) drive! | hishshhishsh | هـِشّ |
| You(f) drive! | hishshihishshy | هـِشّي |
| You(pl) drive! | hishshuhishshoo | هـِشّوا |
