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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  whistled | 'ana saffartaacnaa Saffart |  أنا َ صـَفّـَرت | 
| We  whistled | 'ihna saffarnaiicHnaa Saffarnaa |  إحنا َ صـَفّـَرنا | 
| You(m)  whistled | 'inta saffartiicnta Saffart |  إنت َ صـَفّـَرت | 
| You(f)  whistled | 'inti saffartiiicnti Saffarty |  إنت ِ صـَفّـَرتي | 
| You(pl)  whistled | 'intu saffartuiicntoo Saffartoo |  إنتوا صـَفّـَرتوا | 
| He/it(m)  whistled | huwa saffarhuwa Saffar |  هـُو َ صـَفّـَر | 
| She/it(f)  whistled | hiya saffarithiya Saffarit |  هـِي َ صـَفّـَر ِت | 
| They  whistled | humma saffaruhumma Saffaroo |  هـُمّ َ صـَفّـَروا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  whistle | 'ana yimkin 'asaffaraacnaa yimkin aacSaffar |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَفّـَر | 
| We might  whistle | 'ihna yimkin nisaffariicHnaa yimkin niSaffar |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(m) might  whistle | 'inta yimkin tisaffariicnta yimkin tiSaffar |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(f) might  whistle | 'inti yimkin tisaffariiicnti yimkin tiSaffary |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَري | 
| You(pl) might  whistle | 'intu yimkin tisaffaruiicntoo yimkin tiSaffaroo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَروا | 
| He/it(m) might  whistle | huwa yimkin yisaffarhuwa yimkin yiSaffar |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّـَر | 
| She/it(f) might  whistle | hiya yimkin tisaffarhiya yimkin tiSaffar |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّـَر | 
| They might  whistle | humma yimkin yisaffaruhumma yimkin yiSaffaroo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّـَروا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  whistle | 'ana basaffaraacnaa baSaffar |  أنا َ بـَصـَفّـَر | 
| We  whistle | 'ihna binisaffariicHnaa biniSaffar |  إحنا َ بـِنـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(m)  whistle | 'inta bitisaffariicnta bitiSaffar |  إنت َ بـِتـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(f)  whistle | 'inti bitisaffariiicnti bitiSaffary |  إنت ِ بـِتـِصـَفّـَري | 
| You(pl)  whistle | 'intu bitisaffaruiicntoo bitiSaffaroo |  إنتوا بـِتـِصـَفّـَروا | 
| He/it(m)  whistles | huwa biyisaffarhuwa biyiSaffar |  هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَفّـَر | 
| She/it(f)  whistles | hiya bitisaffarhiya bitiSaffar |  هـِي َ بـِتـِصـَفّـَر | 
| They  whistle | humma biyisaffaruhumma biyiSaffaroo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَفّـَروا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  whistle | 'ana hasaffaraacnaa haSaffar |  أنا َ هـَصـَفّـَر | 
| We will  whistle | 'ihna hanisaffariicHnaa haniSaffar |  إحنا َ هـَنـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(m) will  whistle | 'inta hatisaffariicnta hatiSaffar |  إنت َ هـَتـِصـَفّـَر | 
| You(f) will  whistle | 'inti hatisaffariiicnti hatiSaffary |  إنت ِ هـَتـِصـَفّـَري | 
| You(pl) will  whistle | 'intu hatisaffaruiicntoo hatiSaffaroo |  إنتوا هـَتـِصـَفّـَروا | 
| He/it(m) will  whistle | huwa hayisaffarhuwa hayiSaffar |  هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَفّـَر | 
| She/it(f) will  whistle | hiya hatisaffarhiya hatiSaffar |  هـِي َ هـَتـِصـَفّـَر | 
| They will  whistle | humma hayisaffaruhumma hayiSaffaroo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَفّـَروا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  whistle! | 'isfariicSfar |  إصفـَر | 
| You(f)  whistle! | 'isfariiicSfary |  إصفـَري | 
| You(pl)  whistle! | isfaruiSfaroo |   ِصفـَروا |