Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian |
| I arrested | 'ana 'al'eetaacnaa aaclqyt | أنا َ ألقيت |
| We arrested | 'ihna 'al'eenaiicHnaa aaclqynaa | إحنا َ ألقينا |
| You(m) arrested | 'inta 'al'eetiicnta aaclqyt | إنت َ ألقيت |
| You(f) arrested | 'inti 'al'eetiiicnti aaclqyty | إنت ِ ألقيتي |
| You(pl) arrested | 'intu 'al'eetuiicntoo aaclqytoo | إنتوا ألقيتوا |
| He/it(m) arrested | huwa 'al'ahuwa aaclqY | هـُو َ ألقى |
| She/it(f) arrested | hiya 'al'ithiya aaclqit | هـِي َ ألقـِت |
| They arrested | humma 'al'uhumma aaclqoo | هـُمّ َ ألقوا |
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian |
| I might arrest | 'ana yimkin 'ul'iaacnaa yimkin uuclqy | أنا َ يـِمكـِن أ ُلقي |
| We might arrest | 'ihna yimkin nul'iiicHnaa yimkin nulqy | إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـُلقي |
| You(m) might arrest | 'inta yimkin tul'iiicnta yimkin tulqy | إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـُلقي |
| You(f) might arrest | 'inti yimkin tul'iiicnti yimkin tulqy | إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـُلقي |
| You(pl) might arrest | 'intu yimkin tul'uiicntoo yimkin tulqoo | إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـُلقوا |
| He/it(m) might arrest | huwa yimkin yul'ihuwa yimkin yulqy | هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـُلقي |
| She/it(f) might arrest | hiya yimkin tul'ihiya yimkin tulqy | هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـُلقي |
| They might arrest | humma yimkin yul'uhumma yimkin yulqoo | هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـُلقوا |
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian |
| I arrest | 'ana bal'iaacnaa balqy | أنا َ بـَلقي |
| We arrest | 'ihna binul'iiicHnaa binulqy | إحنا َ بـِنـُلقي |
| You(m) arrest | 'inta bitul'iiicnta bitulqy | إنت َ بـِتـُلقي |
| You(f) arrest | 'inti bitul'iiicnti bitulqy | إنت ِ بـِتـُلقي |
| You(pl) arrest | 'intu bitul'uiicntoo bitulqoo | إنتوا بـِتـُلقوا |
| He/it(m) arrests | huwa biyul'ihuwa biyulqy | هـُو َ بـِيـُلقي |
| She/it(f) arrests | hiya bitul'ihiya bitulqy | هـِي َ بـِتـُلقي |
| They arrest | humma biyul'uhumma biyulqoo | هـُمّ َ بـِيـُلقوا |
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian |
| I will arrest | 'ana h'al'iaacnaa haaclqy | أنا َ هألقي |
| We will arrest | 'ihna hanul'iiicHnaa hanulqy | إحنا َ هـَنـُلقي |
| You(m) will arrest | 'inta hatul'iiicnta hatulqy | إنت َ هـَتـُلقي |
| You(f) will arrest | 'inti hatul'iiicnti hatulqy | إنت ِ هـَتـُلقي |
| You(pl) will arrest | 'intu hatul'uiicntoo hatulqoo | إنتوا هـَتـُلقوا |
| He/it(m) will arrest | huwa hayul'ihuwa hayulqy | هـُو َ هـَيـُلقي |
| She/it(f) will arrest | hiya hatul'ihiya hatulqy | هـِي َ هـَتـُلقي |
| They will arrest | humma hayul'uhumma hayulqoo | هـُمّ َ هـَيـُلقوا |
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian |
| You(m) arrest! | 'al'iaaclqy | ألقي |
| You(f) arrest! | 'al'iaaclqy | ألقي |
| You(pl) arrest! | 'al'uaaclqoo | ألقوا |
