Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I confused | 'ana lachbattaacnaa laKbaTt | أنا َ لـَخبـَطت |
| We confused | 'ihna lachbatnaiicHnaa laKbaTnaa | إحنا َ لـَخبـَطنا |
| You(m) confused | 'inta lachbattiicnta laKbaTt | إنت َ لـَخبـَطت |
| You(f) confused | 'inti lachbattiiicnti laKbaTty | إنت ِ لـَخبـَطتي |
| You(pl) confused | 'intu lachbattuiicntoo laKbaTtoo | إنتوا لـَخبـَطتوا |
| He/it(m) confused | huwa lachbathuwa laKbaT | هـُو َ لـَخبـَط |
| She/it(f) confused | hiya lachbatithiya laKbaTit | هـِي َ لـَخبـَطـِت |
| They confused | humma lachbatuhumma laKbaToo | هـُمّ َ لـَخبـَطوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might confuse | 'ana yimkin 'alachbataacnaa yimkin aaclaKbaT | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـَخبـَط |
| We might confuse | 'ihna yimkin nilachbatiicHnaa yimkin nilaKbaT | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـَخبـَط |
| You(m) might confuse | 'inta yimkin tilachbatiicnta yimkin tilaKbaT | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَخبـَط |
| You(f) might confuse | 'inti yimkin tilachbatiiicnti yimkin tilaKbaTy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَخبـَطي |
| You(pl) might confuse | 'intu yimkin tilachbatuiicntoo yimkin tilaKbaToo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـَخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) might confuse | huwa yimkin yilachbathuwa yimkin yilaKbaT | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَخبـَط |
| She/it(f) might confuse | hiya yimkin tilachbathiya yimkin tilaKbaT | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـَخبـَط |
| They might confuse | humma yimkin yilachbatuhumma yimkin yilaKbaToo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـَخبـَطوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I confuse | 'ana balachbataacnaa balaKbaT | أنا َ بـَلـَخبـَط |
| We confuse | 'ihna binlachbatiicHnaa binlaKbaT | إحنا َ بـِنلـَخبـَط |
| You(m) confuse | 'inta bitlachbatiicnta bitlaKbaT | إنت َ بـِتلـَخبـَط |
| You(f) confuse | 'inti bitlachbatiiicnti bitlaKbaTy | إنت ِ بـِتلـَخبـَطي |
| You(pl) confuse | 'intu bitlachbatuiicntoo bitlaKbaToo | إنتوا بـِتلـَخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) confuses | huwa biyilachbathuwa biyilaKbaT | هـُو َ بـِيـِلـَخبـَط |
| She/it(f) confuses | hiya bitlachbathiya bitlaKbaT | هـِي َ بـِتلـَخبـَط |
| They confuse | humma biyilachbatuhumma biyilaKbaToo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـَخبـَطوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will confuse | 'ana halachbataacnaa halaKbaT | أنا َ هـَلـَخبـَط |
| We will confuse | 'ihna hanilachbatiicHnaa hanilaKbaT | إحنا َ هـَنـِلـَخبـَط |
| You(m) will confuse | 'inta hatilachbatiicnta hatilaKbaT | إنت َ هـَتـِلـَخبـَط |
| You(f) will confuse | 'inti hatilachbatiiicnti hatilaKbaTy | إنت ِ هـَتـِلـَخبـَطي |
| You(pl) will confuse | 'intu hatilachbatuiicntoo hatilaKbaToo | إنتوا هـَتـِلـَخبـَطوا |
| He/it(m) will confuse | huwa hayilachbathuwa hayilaKbaT | هـُو َ هـَيـِلـَخبـَط |
| She/it(f) will confuse | hiya hatilachbathiya hatilaKbaT | هـِي َ هـَتـِلـَخبـَط |
| They will confuse | humma hayilachbatuhumma hayilaKbaToo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـَخبـَطوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) confuse! | lachbatlaKbaT | لـَخبـَط |
| You(f) confuse! | lachbatilaKbaTy | لـَخبـَطي |
| You(pl) confuse! | lachbatulaKbaToo | لـَخبـَطوا |
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian |
| He/it(m) is confused | huwa mitlachbathuwa mitlaKbaT | هـُو َ مـِتلـَخبـَط |
| She/it(f) is confused | hiya mitlachbatahiya mitlaKbaTaö | هـِي َ مـِتلـَخبـَطـَة |
| They are confused | humma mitlachbateenhumma mitlaKbaTyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتلـَخبـَطين |
