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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  punched | 'ana lakamtaacnaa lakamt | أنا َ لـَكـَمت | 
| We  punched | 'ihna lakamnaiicHnaa lakamnaa | إحنا َ لـَكـَمنا | 
| You(m)  punched | 'inta lakamtiicnta lakamt | إنت َ لـَكـَمت | 
| You(f)  punched | 'inti lakamtiiicnti lakamty | إنت ِ لـَكـَمتي | 
| You(pl)  punched | 'intu lakamtuiicntoo lakamtoo | إنتوا لـَكـَمتوا | 
| He/it(m)  punched | huwa lakamhuwa lakam | هـُو َ لـَكـَم | 
| She/it(f)  punched | hiya lakamithiya lakamit | هـِي َ لـَكـَمـِت | 
| They  punched | humma lakamuhumma lakamoo | هـُمّ َ لـَكـَموا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  punch | 'ana yimkin 'alkimaacnaa yimkin aaclkim | أنا َ يـِمكـِن ألكـِم | 
| We might  punch | 'ihna yimkin nilkimiicHnaa yimkin nilkim | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِلكـِم | 
| You(m) might  punch | 'inta yimkin tilkimiicnta yimkin tilkim | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِلكـِم | 
| You(f) might  punch | 'inti yimkin tilkimiiicnti yimkin tilkimy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِلكـِمي | 
| You(pl) might  punch | 'intu yimkin tilkimuiicntoo yimkin tilkimoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِلكـِموا | 
| He/it(m) might  punch | huwa yimkin yilkimhuwa yimkin yilkim | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِلكـِم | 
| She/it(f) might  punch | hiya yimkin tilkimhiya yimkin tilkim | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِلكـِم | 
| They might  punch | humma yimkin yilkimuhumma yimkin yilkimoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِلكـِموا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  punch | 'ana balkimaacnaa balkim | أنا َ بـَلكـِم | 
| We  punch | 'ihna binilkimiicHnaa binilkim | إحنا َ بـِنـِلكـِم | 
| You(m)  punch | 'inta bitilkimiicnta bitilkim | إنت َ بـِتـِلكـِم | 
| You(f)  punch | 'inti bitilkimiiicnti bitilkimy | إنت ِ بـِتـِلكـِمي | 
| You(pl)  punch | 'intu bitilkimuiicntoo bitilkimoo | إنتوا بـِتـِلكـِموا | 
| He/it(m)  punchs | huwa biyilkimhuwa biyilkim | هـُو َ بـِيـِلكـِم | 
| She/it(f)  punchs | hiya bitilkimhiya bitilkim | هـِي َ بـِتـِلكـِم | 
| They  punch | humma biyilkimuhumma biyilkimoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـِلكـِموا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  punch | 'ana halkimaacnaa halkim | أنا َ هـَلكـِم | 
| We will  punch | 'ihna hanilkimiicHnaa hanilkim | إحنا َ هـَنـِلكـِم | 
| You(m) will  punch | 'inta hatilkimiicnta hatilkim | إنت َ هـَتـِلكـِم | 
| You(f) will  punch | 'inti hatilkimiiicnti hatilkimy | إنت ِ هـَتـِلكـِمي | 
| You(pl) will  punch | 'intu hatilkimuiicntoo hatilkimoo | إنتوا هـَتـِلكـِموا | 
| He/it(m) will  punch | huwa hayilkimhuwa hayilkim | هـُو َ هـَيـِلكـِم | 
| She/it(f) will  punch | hiya hatilkimhiya hatilkim | هـِي َ هـَتـِلكـِم | 
| They will  punch | humma hayilkimuhumma hayilkimoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـِلكـِموا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  punch! | 'ilkimiiclkim | إلكـِم | 
| You(f)  punch! | 'ilkimiiiclkimy | إلكـِمي | 
| You(pl)  punch! | 'ilkimuiiclkimoo | إلكـِموا |