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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  worked | 'ana 'ishtaghaltaacnaa iicshtaGalt | أنا َ إشتـَغـَلت | 
| We  worked | 'ihna 'ishtaghalnaiicHnaa iicshtaGalnaa | إحنا َ إشتـَغـَلنا | 
| You(m)  worked | 'inta 'ishtaghaltiicnta iicshtaGalt | إنت َ إشتـَغـَلت | 
| You(f)  worked | 'inti 'ishtaghaltiiicnti iicshtaGalty | إنت ِ إشتـَغـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  worked | 'intu 'ishtaghaltuiicntoo iicshtaGaltoo | إنتوا إشتـَغـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  worked | huwa 'ishtaghalhuwa iicshtaGal | هـُو َ إشتـَغـَل | 
| She/it(f)  worked | hiya 'ishtaghalithiya iicshtaGalit | هـِي َ إشتـَغـَلـِت | 
| They  worked | humma 'ishtaghaluhumma iicshtaGaloo | هـُمّ َ إشتـَغـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  work | 'ana yimkin 'ashtaghalaacnaa yimkin aacshtaGal | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أشتـَغـَل | 
| We might  work | 'ihna yimkin nashtaghaliicHnaa yimkin nashtaGal | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(m) might  work | 'inta yimkin tashtaghaliicnta yimkin tashtaGal | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(f) might  work | 'inti yimkin tashtaghaliiicnti yimkin tashtaGaly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَلي | 
| You(pl) might  work | 'intu yimkin tashtaghaluiicntoo yimkin tashtaGaloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  work | huwa yimkin yashtaghalhuwa yimkin yashtaGal | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـَشتـَغـَل | 
| She/it(f) might  work | hiya yimkin tashtaghalhiya yimkin tashtaGal | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـَشتـَغـَل | 
| They might  work | humma yimkin yashtaghaluhumma yimkin yashtaGaloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـَشتـَغـَلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  work | 'ana bashtaghalaacnaa bashtaGal | أنا َ بـَشتـَغـَل | 
| We  work | 'ihna binashtaghaliicHnaa binashtaGal | إحنا َ بـِنـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(m)  work | 'inta bitashtaghaliicnta bitashtaGal | إنت َ بـِتـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(f)  work | 'inti bitashtaghaliiicnti bitashtaGaly | إنت ِ بـِتـَشتـَغـَلي | 
| You(pl)  work | 'intu bitashtaghaluiicntoo bitashtaGaloo | إنتوا بـِتـَشتـَغـَلوا | 
| He/it(m)  works | huwa biyashtaghalhuwa biyashtaGal | هـُو َ بـِيـَشتـَغـَل | 
| She/it(f)  works | hiya bitashtaghalhiya bitashtaGal | هـِي َ بـِتـَشتـَغـَل | 
| They  work | humma biyashtaghluhumma biyashtaGloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـَشتـَغلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  work | 'ana hashtaghalaacnaa hashtaGal | أنا َ هـَشتـَغـَل | 
| We will  work | 'ihna hanashtaghaliicHnaa hanashtaGal | إحنا َ هـَنـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(m) will  work | 'inta hatashtaghaliicnta hatashtaGal | إنت َ هـَتـَشتـَغـَل | 
| You(f) will  work | 'inti hatashtaghaliiicnti hatashtaGaly | إنت ِ هـَتـَشتـَغـَلي | 
| You(pl) will  work | 'intu hatashtaghaluiicntoo hatashtaGaloo | إنتوا هـَتـَشتـَغـَلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  work | huwa hayashtaghalhuwa hayashtaGal | هـُو َ هـَيـَشتـَغـَل | 
| She/it(f) will  work | hiya hatashtaghalhiya hatashtaGal | هـِي َ هـَتـَشتـَغـَل | 
| They will  work | humma hayashtaghluhumma hayashtaGloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـَشتـَغلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  work! | 'ishtaghaliicshtaGal | إشتـَغـَل | 
| You(f)  work! | 'ishtaghaliiicshtaGaly | إشتـَغـَلي | 
| You(pl)  work! | 'ishtaghaluiicshtaGaloo | إشتـَغـَلوا |