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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spat | 'ana taffeetaacnaa taffyt | أنا َ تـَفّيت | 
| We  spat | 'ihna taffeenaiicHnaa taffynaa | إحنا َ تـَفّينا | 
| You(m)  spat | 'inta taffeetiicnta taffyt | إنت َ تـَفّيت | 
| You(f)  spat | 'inti taffeetiiicnti taffyty | إنت ِ تـَفّيتي | 
| You(pl)  spat | 'intu taffeetuiicntoo taffytoo | إنتوا تـَفّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  spat | huwa taffhuwa taff | هـُو َ تـَفّ | 
| She/it(f)  spat | hiya taffithiya taffit | هـِي َ تـَفّـِت | 
| They  spat | humma taffuhumma taffoo | هـُمّ َ تـَفّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  spit | 'ana yimkin 'atiffaacnaa yimkin aactiff | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتـِفّ | 
| We might  spit | 'ihna yimkin nitiffiicHnaa yimkin nitiff | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتـِفّ | 
| You(m) might  spit | 'inta yimkin titiffiicnta yimkin titiff | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتـِفّ | 
| You(f) might  spit | 'inti yimkin titiffiiicnti yimkin titiffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتـِفّي | 
| You(pl) might  spit | 'intu yimkin titiffuiicntoo yimkin titiffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  spit | huwa yimkin yitiffhuwa yimkin yitiff | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) might  spit | hiya yimkin titiffhiya yimkin titiff | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتـِفّ | 
| They might  spit | humma yimkin yitiffuhumma yimkin yitiffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتـِفّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spit | 'ana batiffaacnaa batiff | أنا َ بـَتـِفّ | 
| We  spit | 'ihna bintiffiicHnaa bintiff | إحنا َ بـِنتـِفّ | 
| You(m)  spit | 'inta bittiffiicnta bittiff | إنت َ بـِتّـِفّ | 
| You(f)  spit | 'inti bittiffiiicnti bittiffy | إنت ِ بـِتّـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  spit | 'intu bittiffuiicntoo bittiffoo | إنتوا بـِتّـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m)  spits | huwa biyitiffhuwa biyitiff | هـُو َ بـِيـِتـِفّ | 
| She/it(f)  spits | hiya bittiffhiya bittiff | هـِي َ بـِتّـِفّ | 
| They  spit | humma biyitiffuhumma biyitiffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتـِفّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  spit | 'ana hatiffaacnaa hatiff | أنا َ هـَتـِفّ | 
| We will  spit | 'ihna hantiffiicHnaa hantiff | إحنا َ هـَنتـِفّ | 
| You(m) will  spit | 'inta hattiffiicnta hattiff | إنت َ هـَتّـِفّ | 
| You(f) will  spit | 'inti hattiffiiicnti hattiffy | إنت ِ هـَتّـِفّي | 
| You(pl) will  spit | 'intu hattiffuiicntoo hattiffoo | إنتوا هـَتّـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  spit | huwa hayitiffhuwa hayitiff | هـُو َ هـَيـِتـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) will  spit | hiya hattiffhiya hattiff | هـِي َ هـَتّـِفّ | 
| They will  spit | humma hayitiffuhumma hayitiffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتـِفّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  spit! | tifftiff | تـِفّ | 
| You(f)  spit! | tiffitiffy | تـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  spit! | tiffutiffoo | تـِفّوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is | huwa matfoofhuwa matfwf | هـُو َ مـَتفوف | 
| She/it(f) is | hiya matfoofahiya matfwfaö | هـِي َ مـَتفوفـَة | 
| They are | humma matfoofeenhumma matfwfyn | هـُمّ َ مـَتفوفين |