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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  was | 'ana 'itdahantaacnaa iictdahant | أنا َ إتد َهـَنت | 
| We  was | 'ihna 'itdahannaiicHnaa iictdahannaa | إحنا َ إتد َهـَنّا | 
| You(m)  was | 'inta 'itdahantiicnta iictdahant | إنت َ إتد َهـَنت | 
| You(f)  was | 'inti 'itdahantiiicnti iictdahanty | إنت ِ إتد َهـَنتي | 
| You(pl)  was | 'intu 'itdahantuiicntoo iictdahantoo | إنتوا إتد َهـَنتوا | 
| He/it(m)  was | huwa 'itdahanhuwa iictdahan | هـُو َ إتد َهـَن | 
| She/it(f)  was | hiya 'itdahanithiya iictdahanit | هـِي َ إتد َهـَنـِت | 
| They  was | humma 'itdahanuhumma iictdahanoo | هـُمّ َ إتد َهـَنوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  be | 'ana yimkin 'atdihinaacnaa yimkin aactdihin | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أتد ِهـِن | 
| We might  be | 'ihna yimkin nitdihiniicHnaa yimkin nitdihin | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(m) might  be | 'inta yimkin titdihiniicnta yimkin titdihin | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(f) might  be | 'inti yimkin titdihniiicnti yimkin titdihny | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِتد ِهني | 
| You(pl) might  be | 'intu yimkin titdihnuiicntoo yimkin titdihnoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِتد ِهنوا | 
| He/it(m) might  be | huwa yimkin yitdihinhuwa yimkin yitdihin | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِتد ِهـِن | 
| She/it(f) might  be | hiya yimkin titdihinhiya yimkin titdihin | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِتد ِهـِن | 
| They might  be | humma yimkin yitdihnuhumma yimkin yitdihnoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِتد ِهنوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  be | 'ana batdihinaacnaa batdihin | أنا َ بـَتد ِهـِن | 
| We  be | 'ihna binitdihiniicHnaa binitdihin | إحنا َ بـِنـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(m)  be | 'inta bititdihiniicnta bititdihin | إنت َ بـِتـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(f)  be | 'inti bititdihniiicnti bititdihny | إنت ِ بـِتـِتد ِهني | 
| You(pl)  be | 'intu bititdihnuiicntoo bititdihnoo | إنتوا بـِتـِتد ِهنوا | 
| He/it(m)  bes | huwa biyitdihinhuwa biyitdihin | هـُو َ بـِيـِتد ِهـِن | 
| She/it(f)  bes | hiya bititdihinhiya bititdihin | هـِي َ بـِتـِتد ِهـِن | 
| They  be | humma biyitdihnuhumma biyitdihnoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِتد ِهنوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  be | 'ana hatdihinaacnaa hatdihin | أنا َ هـَتد ِهـِن | 
| We will  be | 'ihna hanitdihiniicHnaa hanitdihin | إحنا َ هـَنـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(m) will  be | 'inta hatitdihiniicnta hatitdihin | إنت َ هـَتـِتد ِهـِن | 
| You(f) will  be | 'inti hatitdihniiicnti hatitdihny | إنت ِ هـَتـِتد ِهني | 
| You(pl) will  be | 'intu hatitdihnuiicntoo hatitdihnoo | إنتوا هـَتـِتد ِهنوا | 
| He/it(m) will  be | huwa hayitdihinhuwa hayitdihin | هـُو َ هـَيـِتد ِهـِن | 
| She/it(f) will  be | hiya hatitdihinhiya hatitdihin | هـِي َ هـَتـِتد ِهـِن | 
| They will  be | humma hayitdihnuhumma hayitdihnoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِتد ِهنوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is | huwa mazoonhuwa madhwn | هـُو َ مـَذون | 
| She/it(f) is | hiya mazoonahiya madhwnaö | هـِي َ مـَذونـَة | 
| They are | humma mazooneenhumma madhwnyn | هـُمّ َ مـَذونين |