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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  dug | 'ana fahattaacnaa faHatt |  أنا َ فـَحـَتّ | 
| We  dug | 'ihna fahatnaiicHnaa faHatnaa |  إحنا َ فـَحـَتنا | 
| You(m)  dug | 'inta fahattiicnta faHatt |  إنت َ فـَحـَتّ | 
| You(f)  dug | 'inti fahattiiicnti faHatty |  إنت ِ فـَحـَتّي | 
| You(pl)  dug | 'intu fahattuiicntoo faHattoo |  إنتوا فـَحـَتّوا | 
| He/it(m)  dug | huwa fahathuwa faHat |  هـُو َ فـَحـَت | 
| She/it(f)  dug | hiya fahatithiya faHatit |  هـِي َ فـَحـَتـِت | 
| They  dug | humma fahatuhumma faHatoo |  هـُمّ َ فـَحـَتوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  dig | 'ana yimkin 'afhataacnaa yimkin aacfHat |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أفحـَت | 
| We might  dig | 'ihna yimkin nifhatiicHnaa yimkin nifHat |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِفحـَت | 
| You(m) might  dig | 'inta yimkin tifhatiicnta yimkin tifHat |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِفحـَت | 
| You(f) might  dig | 'inti yimkin tifhatiiicnti yimkin tifHaty |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِفحـَتي | 
| You(pl) might  dig | 'intu yimkin tifhatuiicntoo yimkin tifHatoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِفحـَتوا | 
| He/it(m) might  dig | huwa yimkin yifhathuwa yimkin yifHat |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِفحـَت | 
| She/it(f) might  dig | hiya yimkin tifhathiya yimkin tifHat |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِفحـَت | 
| They might  dig | humma yimkin yifhatuhumma yimkin yifHatoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِفحـَتوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  dig | 'ana bafhataacnaa bafHat |  أنا َ بـَفحـَت | 
| We  dig | 'ihna binifhatiicHnaa binifHat |  إحنا َ بـِنـِفحـَت | 
| You(m)  dig | 'inta bitifhatiicnta bitifHat |  إنت َ بـِتـِفحـَت | 
| You(f)  dig | 'inti bitifhatiiicnti bitifHaty |  إنت ِ بـِتـِفحـَتي | 
| You(pl)  dig | 'intu bitifhatuiicntoo bitifHatoo |  إنتوا بـِتـِفحـَتوا | 
| He/it(m)  digs | huwa biyifhathuwa biyifHat |  هـُو َ بـِيـِفحـَت | 
| She/it(f)  digs | hiya bitifhathiya bitifHat |  هـِي َ بـِتـِفحـَت | 
| They  dig | humma biyifhatuhumma biyifHatoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِفحـَتوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  dig | 'ana hafhataacnaa hafHat |  أنا َ هـَفحـَت | 
| We will  dig | 'ihna hanifhatiicHnaa hanifHat |  إحنا َ هـَنـِفحـَت | 
| You(m) will  dig | 'inta hatifhatiicnta hatifHat |  إنت َ هـَتـِفحـَت | 
| You(f) will  dig | 'inti hatifhatiiicnti hatifHaty |  إنت ِ هـَتـِفحـَتي | 
| You(pl) will  dig | 'intu hatifhatuiicntoo hatifHatoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِفحـَتوا | 
| He/it(m) will  dig | huwa hayifhathuwa hayifHat |  هـُو َ هـَيـِفحـَت | 
| She/it(f) will  dig | hiya hatifhathiya hatifHat |  هـِي َ هـَتـِفحـَت | 
| They will  dig | humma hayifhatuhumma hayifHatoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِفحـَتوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  dig! | 'ifhatiicfHat |  إفحـَت | 
| You(f)  dig! | 'ifhatiiicfHaty |  إفحـَتي | 
| You(pl)  dig! | 'ifhatuiicfHatoo |  إفحـَتوا |