Verb details

Word:	sniffsniff
Meaning:	shammshamm	شـَمّ

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I sniffed	'ana shammeetaacnaa shammyt	أنا َ شـَمّيت
We sniffed	'ihna shammeenaiicHnaa shammynaa	إحنا َ شـَمّينا
You(m) sniffed	'inta shammeetiicnta shammyt	إنت َ شـَمّيت
You(f) sniffed	'inti shammeetiiicnti shammyty	إنت ِ شـَمّيتي
You(pl) sniffed	'intu shammeetuiicntoo shammytoo	إنتوا شـَمّيتوا
He/it(m) sniffed	huwa shammhuwa shamm	هـُو َ شـَمّ
She/it(f) sniffed	hiya shammithiya shammit	هـِي َ شـَمّـِت
They sniffed	humma shammuhumma shammoo	هـُمّ َ شـَمّوا

Imperfect

used with modals (must, should, could, want to...

English	Egyptian
I might sniff	'ana yimkin 'ashimmaacnaa yimkin aacshimm	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشـِمّ
We might sniff	'ihna yimkin nishimmiicHnaa yimkin nishimm	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِشـِمّ
You(m) might sniff	'inta yimkin tishimmiicnta yimkin tishimm	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـِمّ
You(f) might sniff	'inti yimkin tishimmiiicnti yimkin tishimmy	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِشـِمّي
You(pl) might sniff	'intu yimkin tishimmuiicntoo yimkin tishimmoo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِشـِمّوا
He/it(m) might sniff	huwa yimkin yishimmhuwa yimkin yishimm	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـِمّ
She/it(f) might sniff	hiya yimkin tishimmhiya yimkin tishimm	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِشـِمّ
They might sniff	humma yimkin yishimmuhumma yimkin yishimmoo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِشـِمّوا

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I sniff	'ana bashimmaacnaa bashimm	أنا َ بـَشـِمّ
We sniff	'ihna binshimmiicHnaa binshimm	إحنا َ بـِنشـِمّ
You(m) sniff	'inta bitshimmiicnta bitshimm	إنت َ بـِتشـِمّ
You(f) sniff	'inti bitshimmiiicnti bitshimmy	إنت ِ بـِتشـِمّي
You(pl) sniff	'intu bitshimmuiicntoo bitshimmoo	إنتوا بـِتشـِمّوا
He/it(m) sniffs	huwa biyishimmhuwa biyishimm	هـُو َ بـِيـِشـِمّ
She/it(f) sniffs	hiya bitshimmhiya bitshimm	هـِي َ بـِتشـِمّ
They sniff	humma biyishimmuhumma biyishimmoo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِشـِمّوا

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will sniff	'ana hashimmaacnaa hashimm	أنا َ هـَشـِمّ
We will sniff	'ihna hanshimmiicHnaa hanshimm	إحنا َ هـَنشـِمّ
You(m) will sniff	'inta hatshimmiicnta hatshimm	إنت َ هـَتشـِمّ
You(f) will sniff	'inti hatshimmiiicnti hatshimmy	إنت ِ هـَتشـِمّي
You(pl) will sniff	'intu hatshimmuiicntoo hatshimmoo	إنتوا هـَتشـِمّوا
He/it(m) will sniff	huwa hayishimmhuwa hayishimm	هـُو َ هـَيـِشـِمّ
She/it(f) will sniff	hiya hatshimmhiya hatshimm	هـِي َ هـَتشـِمّ
They will sniff	humma hayishimmuhumma hayishimmoo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِشـِمّوا

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

English	Egyptian
You(m) sniff!	shimmshimm	شـِمّ
You(f) sniff!	shimmishimmy	شـِمّي
You(pl) sniff!	shimmushimmoo	شـِمّوا