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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  stepped | 'ana misheetaacnaa mishyt |  أنا َ مـِشيت | 
| We  stepped | 'ihna misheenaiicHnaa mishynaa |  إحنا َ مـِشينا | 
| You(m)  stepped | 'inta misheetiicnta mishyt |  إنت َ مـِشيت | 
| You(f)  stepped | 'inti misheetiiicnti mishyty |  إنت ِ مـِشيتي | 
| You(pl)  stepped | 'intu misheetuiicntoo mishytoo |  إنتوا مـِشيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  stepped | huwa mishihuwa mishy |  هـُو َ مـِشي | 
| She/it(f)  stepped | hiya mishyithiya mishyit |  هـِي َ مـِشيـِت | 
| They  stepped | humma mishyuhumma mishyoo |  هـُمّ َ مـِشيوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  step | 'ana yimkin 'amshaaacnaa yimkin aacmshY |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمشى | 
| We might  step | 'ihna yimkin nimshaiicHnaa yimkin nimshY |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمشى | 
| You(m) might  step | 'inta yimkin timshaiicnta yimkin timshY |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمشى | 
| You(f) might  step | 'inti yimkin timshiiicnti yimkin timshy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمشي | 
| You(pl) might  step | 'intu yimkin timshuiicntoo yimkin timshoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمشوا | 
| He/it(m) might  step | huwa yimkin yimshahuwa yimkin yimshY |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمشى | 
| She/it(f) might  step | hiya yimkin timshahiya yimkin timshY |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمشى | 
| They might  step | humma yimkin yimshuhumma yimkin yimshoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمشوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  step | 'ana bamshaaacnaa bamshY |  أنا َ بـَمشى | 
| We  step | 'ihna binimshaiicHnaa binimshY |  إحنا َ بـِنـِمشى | 
| You(m)  step | 'inta bitimshaiicnta bitimshY |  إنت َ بـِتـِمشى | 
| You(f)  step | 'inti bitimshiiicnti bitimshy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِمشي | 
| You(pl)  step | 'intu bitimshuiicntoo bitimshoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِمشوا | 
| He/it(m)  steps | huwa biyimshahuwa biyimshY |  هـُو َ بـِيـِمشى | 
| She/it(f)  steps | hiya bitimshahiya bitimshY |  هـِي َ بـِتـِمشى | 
| They  step | humma biyimshuhumma biyimshoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمشوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  step | 'ana hamshaaacnaa hamshY |  أنا َ هـَمشى | 
| We will  step | 'ihna hanimshaiicHnaa hanimshY |  إحنا َ هـَنـِمشى | 
| You(m) will  step | 'inta hatimshaiicnta hatimshY |  إنت َ هـَتـِمشى | 
| You(f) will  step | 'inti hatimshiiicnti hatimshy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِمشي | 
| You(pl) will  step | 'intu hatimshuiicntoo hatimshoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِمشوا | 
| He/it(m) will  step | huwa hayimshahuwa hayimshY |  هـُو َ هـَيـِمشى | 
| She/it(f) will  step | hiya hatimshahiya hatimshY |  هـِي َ هـَتـِمشى | 
| They will  step | humma hayimshuhumma hayimshoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمشوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  step! | 'imshaiicmshY |  إمشى | 
| You(f)  step! | 'imshiiicmshy |  إمشي | 
| You(pl)  step! | 'imshuiicmshoo |  إمشوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  stepping | 'ana maeshiaacnaa maeshy |  أنا َ ما َشي | 
| I(f) am  stepping | 'ana mashyaaacnaa maeshyaö |  أنا َ ما َشيـَة | 
| We are  stepping | 'ihna mashyeeniicHnaa maeshyyn |  إحنا َ ما َشيين | 
| You(m) are  stepping | 'inta maeshiiicnta maeshy |  إنت َ ما َشي | 
| You(f) are  stepping | 'inti mashyaiicnti maeshyaö |  إنت ِ ما َشيـَة | 
| You(pl) are  stepping | 'intu mashyeeniicntoo maeshyyn |  إنتوا ما َشيين | 
| He/it(m) is  stepping | huwa maeshihuwa maeshy |  هـُو َ ما َشي | 
| She/it(f) is  stepping | hiya mashyahiya maeshyaö |  هـِي َ ما َشيـَة | 
| They are  stepping | humma mashyeenhumma maeshyyn |  هـُمّ َ ما َشيين | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  stepped | huwa mamshihuwa mamshy |  هـُو َ مـَمشي | 
| She/it(f) is  stepped | hiya mamshyahiya mamshyaö |  هـِي َ مـَمشيـَة | 
| They are  stepped | humma mamshyeenhumma mamshyyn |  هـُمّ َ مـَمشيين |