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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  called | 'ana darabtaacnaa Darabt | أنا َ ضـَر َبت | 
| We  called | 'ihna darabnaiicHnaa Darabnaa | إحنا َ ضـَر َبنا | 
| You(m)  called | 'inta darabtiicnta Darabt | إنت َ ضـَر َبت | 
| You(f)  called | 'inti darabtiiicnti Darabty | إنت ِ ضـَر َبتي | 
| You(pl)  called | 'intu darabtuiicntoo Darabtoo | إنتوا ضـَر َبتوا | 
| He/it(m)  called | huwa darabhuwa Darab | هـُو َ ضـَر َب | 
| She/it(f)  called | hiya darabithiya Darabit | هـِي َ ضـَر َبـِت | 
| They  called | humma darabuhumma Daraboo | هـُمّ َ ضـَر َبوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  call | 'ana yimkin 'adrabaacnaa yimkin aacDrab | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أضر َب | 
| We might  call | 'ihna yimkin nidrabiicHnaa yimkin niDrab | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِضر َب | 
| You(m) might  call | 'inta yimkin tidrabiicnta yimkin tiDrab | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِضر َب | 
| You(f) might  call | 'inti yimkin tidrabiiicnti yimkin tiDraby | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِضر َبي | 
| You(pl) might  call | 'intu yimkin tidrabuiicntoo yimkin tiDraboo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِضر َبوا | 
| He/it(m) might  call | huwa yimkin yidrabhuwa yimkin yiDrab | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِضر َب | 
| She/it(f) might  call | hiya yimkin tidrabhiya yimkin tiDrab | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِضر َب | 
| They might  call | humma yimkin yidrabuhumma yimkin yiDraboo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِضر َبوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  call | 'ana badrabaacnaa baDrab | أنا َ بـَضر َب | 
| We  call | 'ihna binidrabiicHnaa biniDrab | إحنا َ بـِنـِضر َب | 
| You(m)  call | 'inta bitidrabiicnta bitiDrab | إنت َ بـِتـِضر َب | 
| You(f)  call | 'inti bitidrabiiicnti bitiDraby | إنت ِ بـِتـِضر َبي | 
| You(pl)  call | 'intu bitidrabuiicntoo bitiDraboo | إنتوا بـِتـِضر َبوا | 
| He/it(m)  calls | huwa biyidrabhuwa biyiDrab | هـُو َ بـِيـِضر َب | 
| She/it(f)  calls | hiya bitidrabhiya bitiDrab | هـِي َ بـِتـِضر َب | 
| They  call | humma biyidrabuhumma biyiDraboo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِضر َبوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  call | 'ana hadrabaacnaa haDrab | أنا َ هـَضر َب | 
| We will  call | 'ihna hanidrabiicHnaa haniDrab | إحنا َ هـَنـِضر َب | 
| You(m) will  call | 'inta hatidrabiicnta hatiDrab | إنت َ هـَتـِضر َب | 
| You(f) will  call | 'inti hatidrabiiicnti hatiDraby | إنت ِ هـَتـِضر َبي | 
| You(pl) will  call | 'intu hatidrabuiicntoo hatiDraboo | إنتوا هـَتـِضر َبوا | 
| He/it(m) will  call | huwa hayidrabhuwa hayiDrab | هـُو َ هـَيـِضر َب | 
| She/it(f) will  call | hiya hatidrabhiya hatiDrab | هـِي َ هـَتـِضر َب | 
| They will  call | humma hayidrabuhumma hayiDraboo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِضر َبوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  call! | 'idrabiicDrab | إضر َب | 
| You(f)  call! | 'idrabiiicDraby | إضر َبي | 
| You(pl)  call! | 'idrabuiicDraboo | إضر َبوا |