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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  acted | 'ana 'ichtalafitaacnaa iicKtalafit | أنا َ إختـَلـَفـِت | 
| We  acted | 'ihna 'ichtalafinaiicHnaa iicKtalafinaa | إحنا َ إختـَلـَفـِنا | 
| You(m)  acted | 'inta 'ichtalafitiicnta iicKtalafit | إنت َ إختـَلـَفـِت | 
| You(f)  acted | 'inti 'ichtalafitiiicnti iicKtalafity | إنت ِ إختـَلـَفـِتي | 
| You(pl)  acted | 'intu 'ichtalafituiicntoo iicKtalafitoo | إنتوا إختـَلـَفـِتوا | 
| He/it(m)  acted | huwa 'ichtalafhuwa iicKtalaf | هـُو َ إختـَلـَف | 
| She/it(f)  acted | hiya 'ichtalafithiya iicKtalafit | هـِي َ إختـَلـَفـِت | 
| They  acted | humma 'ichtalifuhumma iicKtalifoo | هـُمّ َ إختـَلـِفوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  act | 'ana yimkin 'achtalifaacnaa yimkin aacKtalif | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أختـَلـِف | 
| We might  act | 'ihna yimkin nichtalifiicHnaa yimkin niKtalif | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(m) might  act | 'inta yimkin tichtalifiicnta yimkin tiKtalif | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(f) might  act | 'inti yimkin tichtalifiiicnti yimkin tiKtalify | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِختـَلـِفي | 
| You(pl) might  act | 'intu yimkin tichtalifuiicntoo yimkin tiKtalifoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِختـَلـِفوا | 
| He/it(m) might  act | huwa yimkin yichtalifhuwa yimkin yiKtalif | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِختـَلـِف | 
| She/it(f) might  act | hiya yimkin tichtalifhiya yimkin tiKtalif | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِختـَلـِف | 
| They might  act | humma yimkin yichtalifuhumma yimkin yiKtalifoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِختـَلـِفوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  act | 'ana bachtalifaacnaa baKtalif | أنا َ بـَختـَلـِف | 
| We  act | 'ihna binichtalifiicHnaa biniKtalif | إحنا َ بـِنـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(m)  act | 'inta bitichtalifiicnta bitiKtalif | إنت َ بـِتـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(f)  act | 'inti bitichtilifiiicnti bitiKtilify | إنت ِ بـِتـِختـِلـِفي | 
| You(pl)  act | 'intu bitichtalifuiicntoo bitiKtalifoo | إنتوا بـِتـِختـَلـِفوا | 
| He/it(m)  acts | huwa biyichtalifhuwa biyiKtalif | هـُو َ بـِيـِختـَلـِف | 
| She/it(f)  acts | hiya bitichtalifhiya bitiKtalif | هـِي َ بـِتـِختـَلـِف | 
| They  act | humma biyichtalifuhumma biyiKtalifoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِختـَلـِفوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  act | 'ana hachtalifaacnaa haKtalif | أنا َ هـَختـَلـِف | 
| We will  act | 'ihna hanichtalifiicHnaa haniKtalif | إحنا َ هـَنـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(m) will  act | 'inta hatichtalifiicnta hatiKtalif | إنت َ هـَتـِختـَلـِف | 
| You(f) will  act | 'inti hatichtalifiiicnti hatiKtalify | إنت ِ هـَتـِختـَلـِفي | 
| You(pl) will  act | 'intu hatichtalifuiicntoo hatiKtalifoo | إنتوا هـَتـِختـَلـِفوا | 
| He/it(m) will  act | huwa hayichtalifhuwa hayiKtalif | هـُو َ هـَيـِختـَلـِف | 
| She/it(f) will  act | hiya hatichtalifhiya hatiKtalif | هـِي َ هـَتـِختـَلـِف | 
| They will  act | humma hayichtalifuhumma hayiKtalifoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِختـَلـِفوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  act! | 'itchalifiictKalif | إتخـَلـِف | 
| You(f)  act! | 'itchalifiiictKalify | إتخـَلـِفي | 
| You(pl)  act! | 'itchalifuiictKalifoo | إتخـَلـِفوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is | huwa muchtalifhuwa muKtalif | هـُو َ مـُختـَلـِف | 
| She/it(f) is | hiya muchtalifahiya muKtalifaö | هـِي َ مـُختـَلـِفـَة | 
| They are | humma muchtalifeenhumma muKtalifyn | هـُمّ َ مـُختـَلـِفين |