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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  turned | 'ana watteetaacnaa waTTyt |  أنا َ و َطّيت | 
| We  turned | 'ihna watteenaiicHnaa waTTynaa |  إحنا َ و َطّينا | 
| You(m)  turned | 'inta watteetiicnta waTTyt |  إنت َ و َطّيت | 
| You(f)  turned | 'inti watteetiiicnti waTTyty |  إنت ِ و َطّيتي | 
| You(pl)  turned | 'intu watteetuiicntoo waTTytoo |  إنتوا و َطّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  turned | huwa wattahuwa waTTY |  هـُو َ و َطّى | 
| She/it(f)  turned | hiya wattithiya waTTit |  هـِي َ و َطّـِت | 
| They  turned | humma wattuhumma waTToo |  هـُمّ َ و َطّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  turn | 'ana yimkin 'awattiaacnaa yimkin aacwaTTy |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َطّي | 
| We might  turn | 'ihna yimkin niwattiiicHnaa yimkin niwaTTy |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َطّي | 
| You(m) might  turn | 'inta yimkin tiwattiiicnta yimkin tiwaTTy |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َطّي | 
| You(f) might  turn | 'inti yimkin tiwattiiicnti yimkin tiwaTTy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َطّي | 
| You(pl) might  turn | 'intu yimkin tiwattuiicntoo yimkin tiwaTToo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َطّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  turn | huwa yimkin yiwattihuwa yimkin yiwaTTy |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َطّي | 
| She/it(f) might  turn | hiya yimkin tiwattihiya yimkin tiwaTTy |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َطّي | 
| They might  turn | humma yimkin yiwattuhumma yimkin yiwaTToo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َطّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  turn | 'ana bawattiaacnaa bawaTTy |  أنا َ بـَو َطّي | 
| We  turn | 'ihna binwattiiicHnaa binwaTTy |  إحنا َ بـِنو َطّي | 
| You(m)  turn | 'inta bitwattiiicnta bitwaTTy |  إنت َ بـِتو َطّي | 
| You(f)  turn | 'inti bitwattiiicnti bitwaTTy |  إنت ِ بـِتو َطّي | 
| You(pl)  turn | 'intu bitwattuiicntoo bitwaTToo |  إنتوا بـِتو َطّوا | 
| He/it(m)  turns | huwa biyiwattihuwa biyiwaTTy |  هـُو َ بـِيـِو َطّي | 
| She/it(f)  turns | hiya bitwattihiya bitwaTTy |  هـِي َ بـِتو َطّي | 
| They  turn | humma biyiwattuhumma biyiwaTToo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َطّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  turn | 'ana hawattiaacnaa hawaTTy |  أنا َ هـَو َطّي | 
| We will  turn | 'ihna hanwattiiicHnaa hanwaTTy |  إحنا َ هـَنو َطّي | 
| You(m) will  turn | 'inta hatwattiiicnta hatwaTTy |  إنت َ هـَتو َطّي | 
| You(f) will  turn | 'inti hatwattiiicnti hatwaTTy |  إنت ِ هـَتو َطّي | 
| You(pl) will  turn | 'intu hatwattuiicntoo hatwaTToo |  إنتوا هـَتو َطّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  turn | huwa hayiwattihuwa hayiwaTTy |  هـُو َ هـَيـِو َطّي | 
| She/it(f) will  turn | hiya hatwattihiya hatwaTTy |  هـِي َ هـَتو َطّي | 
| They will  turn | humma hayiwattuhumma hayiwaTToo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َطّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  turn! | wattiwaTTy |  و َطّي | 
| You(f)  turn! | wattiwaTTy |  و َطّي | 
| You(pl)  turn! | wattuwaTToo |  و َطّوا |