Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I stared | 'ana bahla'taacnaa baHlaqt | أنا َ بـَحلـَقت |
| We stared | 'ihna bahla'naiicHnaa baHlaqnaa | إحنا َ بـَحلـَقنا |
| You(m) stared | 'inta bahla'tiicnta baHlaqt | إنت َ بـَحلـَقت |
| You(f) stared | 'inti bahla'tiiicnti baHlaqty | إنت ِ بـَحلـَقتي |
| You(pl) stared | 'intu bahla'tuiicntoo baHlaqtoo | إنتوا بـَحلـَقتوا |
| He/it(m) stared | huwa bahla'huwa baHlaq | هـُو َ بـَحلـَق |
| She/it(f) stared | hiya bahla'ithiya baHlaqit | هـِي َ بـَحلـَقـِت |
| They stared | humma bahla'uhumma baHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ بـَحلـَقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might stare | 'ana yimkin 'abahla'aacnaa yimkin aacbaHlaq | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أبـَحلـَق |
| We might stare | 'ihna yimkin nibahla'iicHnaa yimkin nibaHlaq | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِبـَحلـَق |
| You(m) might stare | 'inta yimkin tibahla'iicnta yimkin tibaHlaq | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَحلـَق |
| You(f) might stare | 'inti yimkin tibahla'iiicnti yimkin tibaHlaqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَحلـَقي |
| You(pl) might stare | 'intu yimkin tibahla'uiicntoo yimkin tibaHlaqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِبـَحلـَقوا |
| He/it(m) might stare | huwa yimkin yibahla'huwa yimkin yibaHlaq | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَحلـَق |
| She/it(f) might stare | hiya yimkin tibahla'hiya yimkin tibaHlaq | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِبـَحلـَق |
| They might stare | humma yimkin yibahla'uhumma yimkin yibaHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِبـَحلـَقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I stare | 'ana babahla'aacnaa babaHlaq | أنا َ بـَبـَحلـَق |
| We stare | 'ihna binbahla'iicHnaa binbaHlaq | إحنا َ بـِنبـَحلـَق |
| You(m) stare | 'inta bitbahla'iicnta bitbaHlaq | إنت َ بـِتبـَحلـَق |
| You(f) stare | 'inti bitbahla'iiicnti bitbaHlaqy | إنت ِ بـِتبـَحلـَقي |
| You(pl) stare | 'intu bitbahla'uiicntoo bitbaHlaqoo | إنتوا بـِتبـَحلـَقوا |
| He/it(m) stares | huwa biyibahla'huwa biyibaHlaq | هـُو َ بـِيـِبـَحلـَق |
| She/it(f) stares | hiya bitbahla'hiya bitbaHlaq | هـِي َ بـِتبـَحلـَق |
| They stare | humma biyibahla'uhumma biyibaHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِبـَحلـَقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will stare | 'ana habahla'aacnaa habaHlaq | أنا َ هـَبـَحلـَق |
| We will stare | 'ihna hanibahla'iicHnaa hanibaHlaq | إحنا َ هـَنـِبـَحلـَق |
| You(m) will stare | 'inta hatibahla'iicnta hatibaHlaq | إنت َ هـَتـِبـَحلـَق |
| You(f) will stare | 'inti hatibahla'iiicnti hatibaHlaqy | إنت ِ هـَتـِبـَحلـَقي |
| You(pl) will stare | 'intu hatibahla'uiicntoo hatibaHlaqoo | إنتوا هـَتـِبـَحلـَقوا |
| He/it(m) will stare | huwa hayibahla'huwa hayibaHlaq | هـُو َ هـَيـِبـَحلـَق |
| She/it(f) will stare | hiya hatibahla'hiya hatibaHlaq | هـِي َ هـَتـِبـَحلـَق |
| They will stare | humma hayibahla'uhumma hayibaHlaqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِبـَحلـَقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) stare! | bahla'baHlaq | بـَحلـَق |
| You(f) stare! | bahla'ibaHlaqy | بـَحلـَقي |
| You(pl) stare! | bahla'ubaHlaqoo | بـَحلـَقوا |
