Verb details

Word:	strainstrain
Meaning:	saffaSaffY	صـَفّى

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I strained	'ana saffeetaacnaa Saffyt	أنا َ صـَفّيت
We strained	'ihna saffeenaiicHnaa Saffynaa	إحنا َ صـَفّينا
You(m) strained	'inta saffeetiicnta Saffyt	إنت َ صـَفّيت
You(f) strained	'inti saffeetiiicnti Saffyty	إنت ِ صـَفّيتي
You(pl) strained	'intu saffeetuiicntoo Saffytoo	إنتوا صـَفّيتوا
He/it(m) strained	huwa saffahuwa SaffY	هـُو َ صـَفّى
She/it(f) strained	hiya saffithiya Saffit	هـِي َ صـَفّـِت
They strained	humma saffuhumma Saffoo	هـُمّ َ صـَفّوا

Imperfect

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

English	Egyptian
I might strain	'ana yimkin 'asaffiaacnaa yimkin aacSaffy	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أصـَفّي
We might strain	'ihna yimkin nisaffiiicHnaa yimkin niSaffy	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِصـَفّي
You(m) might strain	'inta yimkin tisaffiiicnta yimkin tiSaffy	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي
You(f) might strain	'inti yimkin tisaffiiicnti yimkin tiSaffy	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي
You(pl) might strain	'intu yimkin tisaffuiicntoo yimkin tiSaffoo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّوا
He/it(m) might strain	huwa yimkin yisaffihuwa yimkin yiSaffy	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّي
She/it(f) might strain	hiya yimkin tisaffihiya yimkin tiSaffy	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِصـَفّي
They might strain	humma yimkin yisaffuhumma yimkin yiSaffoo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِصـَفّوا

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I strain	'ana basaffiaacnaa baSaffy	أنا َ بـَصـَفّي
We strain	'ihna binsaffiiicHnaa binSaffy	إحنا َ بـِنصـَفّي
You(m) strain	'inta bitsaffiiicnta bitSaffy	إنت َ بـِتصـَفّي
You(f) strain	'inti bitsaffiiicnti bitSaffy	إنت ِ بـِتصـَفّي
You(pl) strain	'intu bitsaffuiicntoo bitSaffoo	إنتوا بـِتصـَفّوا
He/it(m) strains	huwa biyisaffihuwa biyiSaffy	هـُو َ بـِيـِصـَفّي
She/it(f) strains	hiya bitsaffihiya bitSaffy	هـِي َ بـِتصـَفّي
They strain	humma biyisaffuhumma biyiSaffoo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِصـَفّوا

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will strain	'ana hasaffiaacnaa haSaffy	أنا َ هـَصـَفّي
We will strain	'ihna hansaffiiicHnaa hanSaffy	إحنا َ هـَنصـَفّي
You(m) will strain	'inta hatsaffiiicnta hatSaffy	إنت َ هـَتصـَفّي
You(f) will strain	'inti hatsaffiiicnti hatSaffy	إنت ِ هـَتصـَفّي
You(pl) will strain	'intu hatsaffuiicntoo hatSaffoo	إنتوا هـَتصـَفّوا
He/it(m) will strain	huwa hayisaffihuwa hayiSaffy	هـُو َ هـَيـِصـَفّي
She/it(f) will strain	hiya hatsaffihiya hatSaffy	هـِي َ هـَتصـَفّي
They will strain	humma hayisaffuhumma hayiSaffoo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِصـَفّوا

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

English	Egyptian
You(m) strain!	saffiSaffy	صـَفّي
You(f) strain!	saffiSaffy	صـَفّي
You(pl) strain!	saffuSaffoo	صـَفّوا