Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I excelled | 'ana 'imtaztaacnaa iicmtaezt | أنا َ إمتا َزت |
| We excelled | 'ihna 'imtaznaiicHnaa iicmtaeznaa | إحنا َ إمتا َزنا |
| You(m) excelled | 'inta 'imtaztiicnta iicmtaezt | إنت َ إمتا َزت |
| You(f) excelled | 'inti 'imtaztiiicnti iicmtaezty | إنت ِ إمتا َزتي |
| You(pl) excelled | 'intu 'imtaztuiicntoo iicmtaeztoo | إنتوا إمتا َزتوا |
| He/it(m) excelled | huwa 'imtaezhuwa iicmtaez | هـُو َ إمتا َز |
| She/it(f) excelled | hiya 'imtaezithiya iicmtaezit | هـِي َ إمتا َز ِت |
| They excelled | humma 'imtazuhumma iicmtaezoo | هـُمّ َ إمتا َزوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might excel | 'ana yimkin 'amtaezaacnaa yimkin aacmtaez | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أمتا َز |
| We might excel | 'ihna yimkin nimtaeziicHnaa yimkin nimtaez | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِمتا َز |
| You(m) might excel | 'inta yimkin timtaeziicnta yimkin timtaez | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتا َز |
| You(f) might excel | 'inti yimkin timtaeziiicnti yimkin timtaezy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِمتا َزي |
| You(pl) might excel | 'intu yimkin timtazuiicntoo yimkin timtaezoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِمتا َزوا |
| He/it(m) might excel | huwa yimkin yimtaezhuwa yimkin yimtaez | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتا َز |
| She/it(f) might excel | hiya yimkin timtaezhiya yimkin timtaez | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِمتا َز |
| They might excel | humma yimkin yimtazuhumma yimkin yimtaezoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِمتا َزوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I excel | 'ana bamtaezaacnaa bamtaez | أنا َ بـَمتا َز |
| We excel | 'ihna binimtaeziicHnaa binimtaez | إحنا َ بـِنـِمتا َز |
| You(m) excel | 'inta bitimtaeziicnta bitimtaez | إنت َ بـِتـِمتا َز |
| You(f) excel | 'inti bitimtaeziiicnti bitimtaezy | إنت ِ بـِتـِمتا َزي |
| You(pl) excel | 'intu bitimtazuiicntoo bitimtaezoo | إنتوا بـِتـِمتا َزوا |
| He/it(m) excels | huwa biyimtaezhuwa biyimtaez | هـُو َ بـِيـِمتا َز |
| She/it(f) excels | hiya bitimtaezhiya bitimtaez | هـِي َ بـِتـِمتا َز |
| They excel | humma biyimtazuhumma biyimtaezoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِمتا َزوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will excel | 'ana hamtaezaacnaa hamtaez | أنا َ هـَمتا َز |
| We will excel | 'ihna hanimtaeziicHnaa hanimtaez | إحنا َ هـَنـِمتا َز |
| You(m) will excel | 'inta hatimtaeziicnta hatimtaez | إنت َ هـَتـِمتا َز |
| You(f) will excel | 'inti hatimtaeziiicnti hatimtaezy | إنت ِ هـَتـِمتا َزي |
| You(pl) will excel | 'intu hatimtazuiicntoo hatimtaezoo | إنتوا هـَتـِمتا َزوا |
| He/it(m) will excel | huwa hayimtaezhuwa hayimtaez | هـُو َ هـَيـِمتا َز |
| She/it(f) will excel | hiya hatimtaezhiya hatimtaez | هـِي َ هـَتـِمتا َز |
| They will excel | humma hayimtazuhumma hayimtaezoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِمتا َزوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) excel! | 'imtaeziicmtaez | إمتا َز |
| You(f) excel! | 'imtaeziiicmtaezy | إمتا َزي |
| You(pl) excel! | 'imtazuiicmtaezoo | إمتا َزوا |
