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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  boiled | 'ana ghaleetaacnaa Galyt |  أنا َ غـَليت | 
| We  boiled | 'ihna ghaleenaiicHnaa Galynaa |  إحنا َ غـَلينا | 
| You(m)  boiled | 'inta ghaleetiicnta Galyt |  إنت َ غـَليت | 
| You(f)  boiled | 'inti ghaleetiiicnti Galyty |  إنت ِ غـَليتي | 
| You(pl)  boiled | 'intu ghaleetuiicntoo Galytoo |  إنتوا غـَليتوا | 
| He/it(m)  boiled | huwa ghalahuwa GalY |  هـُو َ غـَلى | 
| She/it(f)  boiled | hiya ghalyithiya Galyit |  هـِي َ غـَليـِت | 
| They  boiled | humma ghaluhumma Galoo |  هـُمّ َ غـَلوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  boil | 'ana yimkin 'aghliaacnaa yimkin aacGly |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أغلي | 
| We might  boil | 'ihna yimkin nighliiicHnaa yimkin niGly |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِغلي | 
| You(m) might  boil | 'inta yimkin tighliiicnta yimkin tiGly |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِغلي | 
| You(f) might  boil | 'inti yimkin tighliiicnti yimkin tiGly |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِغلي | 
| You(pl) might  boil | 'intu yimkin tighluiicntoo yimkin tiGloo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِغلوا | 
| He/it(m) might  boil | huwa yimkin yighlihuwa yimkin yiGly |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِغلي | 
| She/it(f) might  boil | hiya yimkin tighlihiya yimkin tiGly |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِغلي | 
| They might  boil | humma yimkin yighluhumma yimkin yiGloo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِغلوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  boil | 'ana baghliaacnaa baGly |  أنا َ بـَغلي | 
| We  boil | 'ihna binighliiicHnaa biniGly |  إحنا َ بـِنـِغلي | 
| You(m)  boil | 'inta bitighliiicnta bitiGly |  إنت َ بـِتـِغلي | 
| You(f)  boil | 'inti bitighliiicnti bitiGly |  إنت ِ بـِتـِغلي | 
| You(pl)  boil | 'intu bitighluiicntoo bitiGloo |  إنتوا بـِتـِغلوا | 
| He/it(m)  boils | huwa biyighlihuwa biyiGly |  هـُو َ بـِيـِغلي | 
| She/it(f)  boils | hiya bitighlihiya bitiGly |  هـِي َ بـِتـِغلي | 
| They  boil | humma biyighluhumma biyiGloo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِغلوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  boil | 'ana haghliaacnaa haGly |  أنا َ هـَغلي | 
| We will  boil | 'ihna hanighliiicHnaa haniGly |  إحنا َ هـَنـِغلي | 
| You(m) will  boil | 'inta hatighliiicnta hatiGly |  إنت َ هـَتـِغلي | 
| You(f) will  boil | 'inti hatighliiicnti hatiGly |  إنت ِ هـَتـِغلي | 
| You(pl) will  boil | 'intu hatighluiicntoo hatiGloo |  إنتوا هـَتـِغلوا | 
| He/it(m) will  boil | huwa hayighlihuwa hayiGly |  هـُو َ هـَيـِغلي | 
| She/it(f) will  boil | hiya hatighlihiya hatiGly |  هـِي َ هـَتـِغلي | 
| They will  boil | humma hayighluhumma hayiGloo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِغلوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  boil! | 'ighliiicGly |  إغلي | 
| You(f)  boil! | 'ighliiicGly |  إغلي | 
| You(pl)  boil! | 'ighluiicGloo |  إغلوا | 
Active Participle
for some actions happening now (movement, thinking, sense)
| English | Egyptian | 
| I(m) am  boiling | 'ana ghalayaenaacnaa Galayaen |  أنا َ غـَلـَيا َن | 
| I(f) am  boiling | 'ana ghalayaenaaacnaa Galayaenaö |  أنا َ غـَلـَيا َنـَة | 
| We are  boiling | 'ihna ghalayaneeniicHnaa Galayaenyn |  إحنا َ غـَلـَيا َنين | 
| You(m) are  boiling | 'inta ghalayaeniicnta Galayaen |  إنت َ غـَلـَيا َن | 
| You(f) are  boiling | 'inti ghalayaenaiicnti Galayaenaö |  إنت ِ غـَلـَيا َنـَة | 
| You(pl) are  boiling | 'intu ghalayaneeniicntoo Galayaenyn |  إنتوا غـَلـَيا َنين | 
| He/it(m) is  boiling | huwa ghalayaenhuwa Galayaen |  هـُو َ غـَلـَيا َن | 
| She/it(f) is  boiling | hiya ghalayaenahiya Galayaenaö |  هـِي َ غـَلـَيا َنـَة | 
| They are  boiling | humma ghalayaneenhumma Galayaenyn |  هـُمّ َ غـَلـَيا َنين | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  boiled | huwa maghlihuwa maGly |  هـُو َ مـَغلي | 
| She/it(f) is  boiled | hiya maghlyahiya maGlyaö |  هـِي َ مـَغليـَة | 
| They are  boiled | humma maghlyeenhumma maGlyyn |  هـُمّ َ مـَغليين |