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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  curbed | 'ana battaltaacnaa baTTalt | أنا َ بـَطّـَلت | 
| We  curbed | 'ihna battalnaiicHnaa baTTalnaa | إحنا َ بـَطّـَلنا | 
| You(m)  curbed | 'inta battaltiicnta baTTalt | إنت َ بـَطّـَلت | 
| You(f)  curbed | 'inti battaltiiicnti baTTalty | إنت ِ بـَطّـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  curbed | 'intu battaltuiicntoo baTTaltoo | إنتوا بـَطّـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  curbed | huwa battalhuwa baTTal | هـُو َ بـَطّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  curbed | hiya battalithiya baTTalit | هـِي َ بـَطّـَلـِت | 
| They  curbed | humma battaluhumma baTTaloo | هـُمّ َ بـَطّـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  curb | 'ana yimkin 'abattalaacnaa yimkin aacbaTTal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبـَطّـَل | 
| We might  curb | 'ihna yimkin nibattaliicHnaa yimkin nibaTTal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(m) might  curb | 'inta yimkin tibattaliicnta yimkin tibaTTal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(f) might  curb | 'inti yimkin tibattaliiicnti yimkin tibaTTaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَطّـَلي | 
| You(pl) might  curb | 'intu yimkin tibattaluiicntoo yimkin tibaTTaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  curb | huwa yimkin yibattalhuwa yimkin yibaTTal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَطّـَل | 
| She/it(f) might  curb | hiya yimkin tibattalhiya yimkin tibaTTal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَطّـَل | 
| They might  curb | humma yimkin yibattaluhumma yimkin yibaTTaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  curb | 'ana babattalaacnaa babaTTal | أنا َ بـَبـَطّـَل | 
| We  curb | 'ihna binibattaliicHnaa binibaTTal | إحنا َ بـِنـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(m)  curb | 'inta bitibattaliicnta bitibaTTal | إنت َ بـِتـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(f)  curb | 'inti bitibattaliiicnti bitibaTTaly | إنت ِ بـِتـِبـَطّـَلي | 
| You(pl)  curb | 'intu bitibattaluiicntoo bitibaTTaloo | إنتوا بـِتـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m)  curbs | huwa biyibattalhuwa biyibaTTal | هـُو َ بـِيـِبـَطّـَل | 
| She/it(f)  curbs | hiya bitibattalhiya bitibaTTal | هـِي َ بـِتـِبـَطّـَل | 
| They  curb | humma biyibattaluhumma biyibaTTaloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  curb | 'ana habattalaacnaa habaTTal | أنا َ هـَبـَطّـَل | 
| We will  curb | 'ihna hanibattaliicHnaa hanibaTTal | إحنا َ هـَنـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(m) will  curb | 'inta hatibattaliicnta hatibaTTal | إنت َ هـَتـِبـَطّـَل | 
| You(f) will  curb | 'inti hatibattaliiicnti hatibaTTaly | إنت ِ هـَتـِبـَطّـَلي | 
| You(pl) will  curb | 'intu hatibattaluiicntoo hatibaTTaloo | إنتوا هـَتـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  curb | huwa hayibattalhuwa hayibaTTal | هـُو َ هـَيـِبـَطّـَل | 
| She/it(f) will  curb | hiya hatibattalhiya hatibaTTal | هـِي َ هـَتـِبـَطّـَل | 
| They will  curb | humma hayibattaluhumma hayibaTTaloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبـَطّـَلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  curb! | 'ibtaliicbTal | إبطـَل | 
| You(f)  curb! | 'ibtaliiicbTaly | إبطـَلي | 
| You(pl)  curb! | ibtaluibTaloo | ِبطـَلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  curbed | huwa mubattalhuwa mubaTTal | هـُو َ مـُبـَطّـَل | 
| She/it(f) is  curbed | hiya mubattalahiya mubaTTalaö | هـِي َ مـُبـَطّـَلـَة | 
| They are  curbed | humma mubattaleenhumma mubaTTalyn | هـُمّ َ مـُبـَطّـَلين |