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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I ran | 'ana gireetaacnaa giryt | أنا َ جـِريت |
| We ran | 'ihna gireenaiicHnaa girynaa | إحنا َ جـِرينا |
| You(m) ran | 'inta gireetiicnta giryt | إنت َ جـِريت |
| You(f) ran | 'inti gireetiiicnti giryty | إنت ِ جـِريتي |
| You(pl) ran | 'intu gireetuiicntoo girytoo | إنتوا جـِريتوا |
| He/it(m) ran | huwa girihuwa giry | هـُو َ جـِري |
| She/it(f) ran | hiya giryithiya giryit | هـِي َ جـِريـِت |
| They ran | humma giryuhumma giryoo | هـُمّ َ جـِريوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might run | 'ana yimkin 'agraaacnaa yimkin aacgrY | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أجرى |
| We might run | 'ihna yimkin nigraiicHnaa yimkin nigrY | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِجرى |
| You(m) might run | 'inta yimkin tigraiicnta yimkin tigrY | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِجرى |
| You(f) might run | 'inti yimkin tigriiicnti yimkin tigry | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِجري |
| You(pl) might run | 'intu yimkin tigruiicntoo yimkin tigroo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِجروا |
| He/it(m) might run | huwa yimkin yigrahuwa yimkin yigrY | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِجرى |
| She/it(f) might run | hiya yimkin tigrahiya yimkin tigrY | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِجرى |
| They might run | humma yimkin yigruhumma yimkin yigroo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِجروا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I run | 'ana bagraaacnaa bagrY | أنا َ بـَجرى |
| We run | 'ihna binigraiicHnaa binigrY | إحنا َ بـِنـِجرى |
| You(m) run | 'inta bitigraiicnta bitigrY | إنت َ بـِتـِجرى |
| You(f) run | 'inti bitigriiicnti bitigry | إنت ِ بـِتـِجري |
| You(pl) run | 'intu bitigruiicntoo bitigroo | إنتوا بـِتـِجروا |
| He/it(m) runs | huwa biyigrahuwa biyigrY | هـُو َ بـِيـِجرى |
| She/it(f) runs | hiya bitigrahiya bitigrY | هـِي َ بـِتـِجرى |
| They run | humma biyigruhumma biyigroo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِجروا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will run | 'ana hagraaacnaa hagrY | أنا َ هـَجرى |
| We will run | 'ihna hanigraiicHnaa hanigrY | إحنا َ هـَنـِجرى |
| You(m) will run | 'inta hatigraiicnta hatigrY | إنت َ هـَتـِجرى |
| You(f) will run | 'inti hatigriiicnti hatigry | إنت ِ هـَتـِجري |
| You(pl) will run | 'intu hatigruiicntoo hatigroo | إنتوا هـَتـِجروا |
| He/it(m) will run | huwa hayigrahuwa hayigrY | هـُو َ هـَيـِجرى |
| She/it(f) will run | hiya hatigrahiya hatigrY | هـِي َ هـَتـِجرى |
| They will run | humma hayigruhumma hayigroo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِجروا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) run! | 'igraiicgrY | إجرى |
| You(f) run! | 'igriiicgry | إجري |
| You(pl) run! | 'igruiicgroo | إجروا |
