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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  got | 'ana chaffeetaacnaa Kaffyt | أنا َ خـَفّيت | 
| We  got | 'ihna chaffeenaiicHnaa Kaffynaa | إحنا َ خـَفّينا | 
| You(m)  got | 'inta chaffeetiicnta Kaffyt | إنت َ خـَفّيت | 
| You(f)  got | 'inti chaffeetiiicnti Kaffyty | إنت ِ خـَفّيتي | 
| You(pl)  got | 'intu chaffeetuiicntoo Kaffytoo | إنتوا خـَفّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  got | huwa chaffhuwa Kaff | هـُو َ خـَفّ | 
| She/it(f)  got | hiya chaffithiya Kaffit | هـِي َ خـَفّـِت | 
| They  got | humma chaffuhumma Kaffoo | هـُمّ َ خـَفّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  get | 'ana yimkin 'achiffaacnaa yimkin aacKiff | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخـِفّ | 
| We might  get | 'ihna yimkin nichiffiicHnaa yimkin niKiff | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخـِفّ | 
| You(m) might  get | 'inta yimkin tichiffiicnta yimkin tiKiff | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّ | 
| You(f) might  get | 'inti yimkin tichiffiiicnti yimkin tiKiffy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّي | 
| You(pl) might  get | 'intu yimkin tichiffuiicntoo yimkin tiKiffoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  get | huwa yimkin yichiffhuwa yimkin yiKiff | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) might  get | hiya yimkin tichiffhiya yimkin tiKiff | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـِفّ | 
| They might  get | humma yimkin yichiffuhumma yimkin yiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـِفّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  get | 'ana bachiffaacnaa baKiff | أنا َ بـَخـِفّ | 
| We  get | 'ihna binchiffiicHnaa binKiff | إحنا َ بـِنخـِفّ | 
| You(m)  get | 'inta bitchiffiicnta bitKiff | إنت َ بـِتخـِفّ | 
| You(f)  get | 'inti bitchiffiiicnti bitKiffy | إنت ِ بـِتخـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  get | 'intu bitchiffuiicntoo bitKiffoo | إنتوا بـِتخـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m)  gets | huwa biyichiffhuwa biyiKiff | هـُو َ بـِيـِخـِفّ | 
| She/it(f)  gets | hiya bitchiffhiya bitKiff | هـِي َ بـِتخـِفّ | 
| They  get | humma biyichiffuhumma biyiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخـِفّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  get | 'ana hachiffaacnaa haKiff | أنا َ هـَخـِفّ | 
| We will  get | 'ihna hanchiffiicHnaa hanKiff | إحنا َ هـَنخـِفّ | 
| You(m) will  get | 'inta hatchiffiicnta hatKiff | إنت َ هـَتخـِفّ | 
| You(f) will  get | 'inti hatchiffiiicnti hatKiffy | إنت ِ هـَتخـِفّي | 
| You(pl) will  get | 'intu hatchiffuiicntoo hatKiffoo | إنتوا هـَتخـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  get | huwa hayichiffhuwa hayiKiff | هـُو َ هـَيـِخـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) will  get | hiya hatchiffhiya hatKiff | هـِي َ هـَتخـِفّ | 
| They will  get | humma hayichiffuhumma hayiKiffoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخـِفّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  get! | chiffKiff | خـِفّ | 
| You(f)  get! | chiffiKiffy | خـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  get! | chiffuKiffoo | خـِفّوا |