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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  turned | 'ana 'alliltaacnaa qallilt | أنا َ قـَلّـِلت | 
| We  turned | 'ihna 'allilnaiicHnaa qallilnaa | إحنا َ قـَلّـِلنا | 
| You(m)  turned | 'inta 'alliltiicnta qallilt | إنت َ قـَلّـِلت | 
| You(f)  turned | 'inti 'alliltiiicnti qallilty | إنت ِ قـَلّـِلتي | 
| You(pl)  turned | 'intu 'alliltuiicntoo qalliltoo | إنتوا قـَلّـِلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  turned | huwa 'allilhuwa qallil | هـُو َ قـَلّـِل | 
| She/it(f)  turned | hiya 'allilithiya qallilit | هـِي َ قـَلّـِلـِت | 
| They  turned | humma 'alliluhumma qalliloo | هـُمّ َ قـَلّـِلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  turn | 'ana yimkin 'a'allilaacnaa yimkin aacqallil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أقـَلّـِل | 
| We might  turn | 'ihna yimkin ni'alliliicHnaa yimkin niqallil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِقـَلّـِل | 
| You(m) might  turn | 'inta yimkin ti'alliliicnta yimkin tiqallil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِل | 
| You(f) might  turn | 'inti yimkin ti'alliliiicnti yimkin tiqallily | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِلي | 
| You(pl) might  turn | 'intu yimkin ti'alliluiicntoo yimkin tiqalliloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  turn | huwa yimkin yi'allilhuwa yimkin yiqallil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَلّـِل | 
| She/it(f) might  turn | hiya yimkin ti'allilhiya yimkin tiqallil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِقـَلّـِل | 
| They might  turn | humma yimkin yi'alliluhumma yimkin yiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِقـَلّـِلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  turn | 'ana ba'allilaacnaa baqallil | أنا َ بـَقـَلّـِل | 
| We  turn | 'ihna bin'alliliicHnaa binqallil | إحنا َ بـِنقـَلّـِل | 
| You(m)  turn | 'inta bit'alliliicnta bitqallil | إنت َ بـِتقـَلّـِل | 
| You(f)  turn | 'inti bit'alliliiicnti bitqallily | إنت ِ بـِتقـَلّـِلي | 
| You(pl)  turn | 'intu bit'alliluiicntoo bitqalliloo | إنتوا بـِتقـَلّـِلوا | 
| He/it(m)  turns | huwa biyi'allilhuwa biyiqallil | هـُو َ بـِيـِقـَلّـِل | 
| She/it(f)  turns | hiya bit'allilhiya bitqallil | هـِي َ بـِتقـَلّـِل | 
| They  turn | humma biyi'alliluhumma biyiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِقـَلّـِلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  turn | 'ana ha'allilaacnaa haqallil | أنا َ هـَقـَلّـِل | 
| We will  turn | 'ihna han'alliliicHnaa hanqallil | إحنا َ هـَنقـَلّـِل | 
| You(m) will  turn | 'inta hat'alliliicnta hatqallil | إنت َ هـَتقـَلّـِل | 
| You(f) will  turn | 'inti hat'alliliiicnti hatqallily | إنت ِ هـَتقـَلّـِلي | 
| You(pl) will  turn | 'intu hat'alliluiicntoo hatqalliloo | إنتوا هـَتقـَلّـِلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  turn | huwa hayi'allilhuwa hayiqallil | هـُو َ هـَيـِقـَلّـِل | 
| She/it(f) will  turn | hiya hat'allilhiya hatqallil | هـِي َ هـَتقـَلّـِل | 
| They will  turn | humma hayi'alliluhumma hayiqalliloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِقـَلّـِلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  turn! | 'allilqallil | قـَلّـِل | 
| You(f)  turn! | 'alliliqallily | قـَلّـِلي | 
| You(pl)  turn! | 'alliluqalliloo | قـَلّـِلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is | huwa mu'allilhuwa muqallil | هـُو َ مـُقـَلّـِل | 
| She/it(f) is | hiya mu'allilahiya muqallilaö | هـِي َ مـُقـَلّـِلـَة | 
| They are | humma mu'allileenhumma muqallilyn | هـُمّ َ مـُقـَلّـِلين |