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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  locked | 'ana 'afaltaacnaa qafalt | أنا َ قـَفـَلت | 
| We  locked | 'ihna 'afalnaiicHnaa qafalnaa | إحنا َ قـَفـَلنا | 
| You(m)  locked | 'inta 'afaltiicnta qafalt | إنت َ قـَفـَلت | 
| You(f)  locked | 'inti 'afaltiiicnti qafalty | إنت ِ قـَفـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  locked | 'intu 'afaltuiicntoo qafaltoo | إنتوا قـَفـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  locked | huwa 'afalhuwa qafal | هـُو َ قـَفـَل | 
| She/it(f)  locked | hiya 'afalithiya qafalit | هـِي َ قـَفـَلـِت | 
| They  locked | humma 'afaluhumma qafaloo | هـُمّ َ قـَفـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  lock | 'ana yimkin 'a'filaacnaa yimkin aacqfil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقفـِل | 
| We might  lock | 'ihna yimkin ni'filiicHnaa yimkin niqfil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقفـِل | 
| You(m) might  lock | 'inta yimkin ti'filiicnta yimkin tiqfil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِل | 
| You(f) might  lock | 'inti yimkin ti'filiiicnti yimkin tiqfily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِلي | 
| You(pl) might  lock | 'intu yimkin ti'filuiicntoo yimkin tiqfiloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  lock | huwa yimkin yi'filhuwa yimkin yiqfil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقفـِل | 
| She/it(f) might  lock | hiya yimkin ti'filhiya yimkin tiqfil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقفـِل | 
| They might  lock | humma yimkin yi'filuhumma yimkin yiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقفـِلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  lock | 'ana ba'filaacnaa baqfil | أنا َ بـَقفـِل | 
| We  lock | 'ihna bini'filiicHnaa biniqfil | إحنا َ بـِنـِقفـِل | 
| You(m)  lock | 'inta biti'filiicnta bitiqfil | إنت َ بـِتـِقفـِل | 
| You(f)  lock | 'inti biti'filiiicnti bitiqfily | إنت ِ بـِتـِقفـِلي | 
| You(pl)  lock | 'intu biti'filuiicntoo bitiqfiloo | إنتوا بـِتـِقفـِلوا | 
| He/it(m)  locks | huwa biyi'filhuwa biyiqfil | هـُو َ بـِيـِقفـِل | 
| She/it(f)  locks | hiya biti'filhiya bitiqfil | هـِي َ بـِتـِقفـِل | 
| They  lock | humma biyi'filuhumma biyiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقفـِلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  lock | 'ana ha'filaacnaa haqfil | أنا َ هـَقفـِل | 
| We will  lock | 'ihna hani'filiicHnaa haniqfil | إحنا َ هـَنـِقفـِل | 
| You(m) will  lock | 'inta hati'filiicnta hatiqfil | إنت َ هـَتـِقفـِل | 
| You(f) will  lock | 'inti hati'filiiicnti hatiqfily | إنت ِ هـَتـِقفـِلي | 
| You(pl) will  lock | 'intu hati'filuiicntoo hatiqfiloo | إنتوا هـَتـِقفـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  lock | huwa hayi'filhuwa hayiqfil | هـُو َ هـَيـِقفـِل | 
| She/it(f) will  lock | hiya hati'filhiya hatiqfil | هـِي َ هـَتـِقفـِل | 
| They will  lock | humma hayi'filuhumma hayiqfiloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقفـِلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  lock! | 'i'filiicqfil | إقفـِل | 
| You(f)  lock! | 'i'filiiicqfily | إقفـِلي | 
| You(pl)  lock! | 'i'filuiicqfiloo | إقفـِلوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  locking | 'ana 'aafalaacnaa qaafal | أنا َ قا َفـَل | 
| I(f) am  locking | 'ana 'aafalaaacnaa qaafalaö | أنا َ قا َفـَلـَة | 
| We are  locking | 'ihna 'aafaleeniicHnaa qaafalyn | إحنا َ قا َفـَلين | 
| You(m) are  locking | 'inta 'aafaliicnta qaafal | إنت َ قا َفـَل | 
| You(f) are  locking | 'inti 'aafalaiicnti qaafalaö | إنت ِ قا َفـَلـَة | 
| You(pl) are  locking | 'intu 'aafaleeniicntoo qaafalyn | إنتوا قا َفـَلين | 
| He/it(m) is  locking | huwa 'aafalhuwa qaafal | هـُو َ قا َفـَل | 
| She/it(f) is  locking | hiya 'aafalahiya qaafalaö | هـِي َ قا َفـَلـَة | 
| They are  locking | humma 'aafaleenhumma qaafalyn | هـُمّ َ قا َفـَلين | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  locked | huwa ma'foolhuwa maqfwl | هـُو َ مـَقفول | 
| She/it(f) is  locked | hiya ma'foolahiya maqfwlaö | هـِي َ مـَقفولـَة | 
| They are  locked | humma ma'fooleenhumma maqfwlyn | هـُمّ َ مـَقفولين |