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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  span | 'ana laffeetaacnaa laffyt |  أنا َ لـَفّيت | 
| We  span | 'ihna laffeenaiicHnaa laffynaa |  إحنا َ لـَفّينا | 
| You(m)  span | 'inta laffeetiicnta laffyt |  إنت َ لـَفّيت | 
| You(f)  span | 'inti laffeetiiicnti laffyty |  إنت ِ لـَفّيتي | 
| You(pl)  span | 'intu laffeetuiicntoo laffytoo |  إنتوا لـَفّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  span | huwa laffhuwa laff |  هـُو َ لـَفّ | 
| She/it(f)  span | hiya laffithiya laffit |  هـِي َ لـَفّـِت | 
| They  span | humma laffuhumma laffoo |  هـُمّ َ لـَفّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  spin | 'ana yimkin 'aliffaacnaa yimkin aacliff |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألـِفّ | 
| We might  spin | 'ihna yimkin niliffiicHnaa yimkin niliff |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلـِفّ | 
| You(m) might  spin | 'inta yimkin tiliffiicnta yimkin tiliff |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّ | 
| You(f) might  spin | 'inti yimkin tiliffiiicnti yimkin tiliffy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّي | 
| You(pl) might  spin | 'intu yimkin tiliffuiicntoo yimkin tiliffoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  spin | huwa yimkin yiliffhuwa yimkin yiliff |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) might  spin | hiya yimkin tiliffhiya yimkin tiliff |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلـِفّ | 
| They might  spin | humma yimkin yiliffuhumma yimkin yiliffoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلـِفّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spin | 'ana baliffaacnaa baliff |  أنا َ بـَلـِفّ | 
| We  spin | 'ihna binliffiicHnaa binliff |  إحنا َ بـِنلـِفّ | 
| You(m)  spin | 'inta bitliffiicnta bitliff |  إنت َ بـِتلـِفّ | 
| You(f)  spin | 'inti bitliffiiicnti bitliffy |  إنت ِ بـِتلـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  spin | 'intu bitliffuiicntoo bitliffoo |  إنتوا بـِتلـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m)  spins | huwa biyiliffhuwa biyiliff |  هـُو َ بـِيـِلـِفّ | 
| She/it(f)  spins | hiya bitliffhiya bitliff |  هـِي َ بـِتلـِفّ | 
| They  spin | humma biyiliffuhumma biyiliffoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلـِفّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  spin | 'ana haliffaacnaa haliff |  أنا َ هـَلـِفّ | 
| We will  spin | 'ihna hanliffiicHnaa hanliff |  إحنا َ هـَنلـِفّ | 
| You(m) will  spin | 'inta hatliffiicnta hatliff |  إنت َ هـَتلـِفّ | 
| You(f) will  spin | 'inti hatliffiiicnti hatliffy |  إنت ِ هـَتلـِفّي | 
| You(pl) will  spin | 'intu hatliffuiicntoo hatliffoo |  إنتوا هـَتلـِفّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  spin | huwa hayiliffhuwa hayiliff |  هـُو َ هـَيـِلـِفّ | 
| She/it(f) will  spin | hiya hatliffhiya hatliff |  هـِي َ هـَتلـِفّ | 
| They will  spin | humma hayiliffuhumma hayiliffoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلـِفّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  spin! | liffliff |  لـِفّ | 
| You(f)  spin! | liffiliffy |  لـِفّي | 
| You(pl)  spin! | liffuliffoo |  لـِفّوا |