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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'itsaddeetaacnaa iictsaddyt |  أنا َ إتسـَدّيت | 
| We  was | 'ihna 'itsaddeenaiicHnaa iictsaddynaa |  إحنا َ إتسـَدّينا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta 'itsaddeetiicnta iictsaddyt |  إنت َ إتسـَدّيت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'itsaddeetiiicnti iictsaddyty |  إنت ِ إتسـَدّيتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu 'itsaddeetuiicntoo iictsaddytoo |  إنتوا إتسـَدّيتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa 'itsaddhuwa iictsadd |  هـُو َ إتسـَدّ | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'itsaddithiya iictsaddit |  هـِي َ إتسـَدّ ِت | 
| They  was | humma 'itsadduhumma iictsaddoo |  هـُمّ َ إتسـَدّوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'atsaddaacnaa yimkin aactsadd |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتسـَدّ | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nitsaddiicHnaa yimkin nitsadd |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin titsaddiicnta yimkin titsadd |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin titsaddiiicnti yimkin titsaddy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَدّي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin titsadduiicntoo yimkin titsaddoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَدّوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yitsaddhuwa yimkin yitsadd |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَدّ | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin titsaddhiya yimkin titsadd |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتسـَدّ | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yitsadduhumma yimkin yitsaddoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتسـَدّوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana batsaddaacnaa batsadd |  أنا َ بـَتسـَدّ | 
| We  be | 'ihna binitsaddiicHnaa binitsadd |  إحنا َ بـِنـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bititsaddiicnta bititsadd |  إنت َ بـِتـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bititsaddiiicnti bititsaddy |  إنت ِ بـِتـِتسـَدّي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bititsadduiicntoo bititsaddoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِتسـَدّوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyitsaddhuwa biyitsadd |  هـُو َ بـِيـِتسـَدّ | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bititsaddhiya bititsadd |  هـِي َ بـِتـِتسـَدّ | 
| They  be | humma biyitsadduhumma biyitsaddoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتسـَدّوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hatsaddaacnaa hatsadd |  أنا َ هـَتسـَدّ | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanitsaddiicHnaa hanitsadd |  إحنا َ هـَنـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatitsaddiicnta hatitsadd |  إنت َ هـَتـِتسـَدّ | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatitsaddiiicnti hatitsaddy |  إنت ِ هـَتـِتسـَدّي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatitsadduiicntoo hatitsaddoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِتسـَدّوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayitsaddhuwa hayitsadd |  هـُو َ هـَيـِتسـَدّ | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatitsaddhiya hatitsadd |  هـِي َ هـَتـِتسـَدّ | 
| They will  be | humma hayitsadduhumma hayitsaddoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتسـَدّوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  be! | 'itsaddiictsadd |  إتسـَدّ | 
| You(f)  be! | 'itsaddiiictsaddy |  إتسـَدّي | 
| You(pl)  be! | 'itsadduiictsaddoo |  إتسـَدّوا |