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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'it'afaltaacnaa iictqafalt | أنا َ إتقـَفـَلت | 
| We  was | 'ihna 'it'afalnaiicHnaa iictqafalnaa | إحنا َ إتقـَفـَلنا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta 'it'afaltiicnta iictqafalt | إنت َ إتقـَفـَلت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'it'afaltiiicnti iictqafalty | إنت ِ إتقـَفـَلتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu 'it'afaltuiicntoo iictqafaltoo | إنتوا إتقـَفـَلتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa 'it'afalhuwa iictqafal | هـُو َ إتقـَفـَل | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'it'afalithiya iictqafalit | هـِي َ إتقـَفـَلـِت | 
| They  was | humma 'it'afaluhumma iictqafaloo | هـُمّ َ إتقـَفـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'at'ifilaacnaa yimkin aactqifil | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتقـِفـِل | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nit'ifiliicHnaa yimkin nitqifil | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin tit'ifiliicnta yimkin titqifil | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin tit'ifliiicnti yimkin titqifly | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـِفلي | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin tit'ifluiicntoo yimkin titqifloo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتقـِفلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yit'ifilhuwa yimkin yitqifil | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتقـِفـِل | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin tit'ifilhiya yimkin titqifil | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتقـِفـِل | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yit'ifluhumma yimkin yitqifloo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتقـِفلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana bat'ifilaacnaa batqifil | أنا َ بـَتقـِفـِل | 
| We  be | 'ihna binit'ifiliicHnaa binitqifil | إحنا َ بـِنـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bitit'ifiliicnta bititqifil | إنت َ بـِتـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bitit'ifliiicnti bititqifly | إنت ِ بـِتـِتقـِفلي | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bitit'ifluiicntoo bititqifloo | إنتوا بـِتـِتقـِفلوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyit'ifilhuwa biyitqifil | هـُو َ بـِيـِتقـِفـِل | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bitit'ifilhiya bititqifil | هـِي َ بـِتـِتقـِفـِل | 
| They  be | humma biyit'ifluhumma biyitqifloo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتقـِفلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hat'ifilaacnaa hatqifil | أنا َ هـَتقـِفـِل | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanit'ifiliicHnaa hanitqifil | إحنا َ هـَنـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatit'ifiliicnta hatitqifil | إنت َ هـَتـِتقـِفـِل | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatit'ifliiicnti hatitqifly | إنت ِ هـَتـِتقـِفلي | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatit'ifluiicntoo hatitqifloo | إنتوا هـَتـِتقـِفلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayit'ifilhuwa hayitqifil | هـُو َ هـَيـِتقـِفـِل | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatit'ifilhiya hatitqifil | هـِي َ هـَتـِتقـِفـِل | 
| They will  be | humma hayit'ifluhumma hayitqifloo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتقـِفلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  be! | 'it'ifiliictqifil | إتقـِفـِل | 
| You(f)  be! | 'it'ifiliiictqifily | إتقـِفـِلي | 
| You(pl)  be! | 'it'ifiluiictqifiloo | إتقـِفـِلوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  been | huwa mit'afalhuwa mitqafal | هـُو َ مـِتقـَفـَل | 
| She/it(f) is  been | hiya mit'afalahiya mitqafalaö | هـِي َ مـِتقـَفـَلـَة | 
| They are  been | humma mit'afaleenhumma mitqafalyn | هـُمّ َ مـِتقـَفـَلين |