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Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  spoke | 'ana kallimtaacnaa kallimt |  أنا َ كـَلّـِمت | 
| We  spoke | 'ihna kallimnaiicHnaa kallimnaa |  إحنا َ كـَلّـِمنا | 
| You(m)  spoke | 'inta kallimtiicnta kallimt |  إنت َ كـَلّـِمت | 
| You(f)  spoke | 'inti kallimtiiicnti kallimty |  إنت ِ كـَلّـِمتي | 
| You(pl)  spoke | 'intu kallimtuiicntoo kallimtoo |  إنتوا كـَلّـِمتوا | 
| He/it(m)  spoke | huwa kallimhuwa kallim |  هـُو َ كـَلّـِم | 
| She/it(f)  spoke | hiya kallimithiya kallimit |  هـِي َ كـَلّـِمـِت | 
| They  spoke | humma kallimuhumma kallimoo |  هـُمّ َ كـَلّـِموا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  speak | 'ana yimkin 'akallimaacnaa yimkin aackallim |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أكـَلّـِم | 
| We might  speak | 'ihna yimkin nikallimiicHnaa yimkin nikallim |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِكـَلّـِم | 
| You(m) might  speak | 'inta yimkin tikallimiicnta yimkin tikallim |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِم | 
| You(f) might  speak | 'inti yimkin tikallimiiicnti yimkin tikallimy |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِمي | 
| You(pl) might  speak | 'intu yimkin tikallimuiicntoo yimkin tikallimoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِموا | 
| He/it(m) might  speak | huwa yimkin yikallimhuwa yimkin yikallim |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَلّـِم | 
| She/it(f) might  speak | hiya yimkin tikallimhiya yimkin tikallim |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِكـَلّـِم | 
| They might  speak | humma yimkin yikallimuhumma yimkin yikallimoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِكـَلّـِموا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  speak | 'ana bakallimaacnaa bakallim |  أنا َ بـَكـَلّـِم | 
| We  speak | 'ihna binkallimiicHnaa binkallim |  إحنا َ بـِنكـَلّـِم | 
| You(m)  speak | 'inta bitkallimiicnta bitkallim |  إنت َ بـِتكـَلّـِم | 
| You(f)  speak | 'inti bitkallimiiicnti bitkallimy |  إنت ِ بـِتكـَلّـِمي | 
| You(pl)  speak | 'intu bitkallimuiicntoo bitkallimoo |  إنتوا بـِتكـَلّـِموا | 
| He/it(m)  speaks | huwa biyikallimhuwa biyikallim |  هـُو َ بـِيـِكـَلّـِم | 
| She/it(f)  speaks | hiya bitkallimhiya bitkallim |  هـِي َ بـِتكـَلّـِم | 
| They  speak | humma biyikallimuhumma biyikallimoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِكـَلّـِموا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  speak | 'ana hakallimaacnaa hakallim |  أنا َ هـَكـَلّـِم | 
| We will  speak | 'ihna hankallimiicHnaa hankallim |  إحنا َ هـَنكـَلّـِم | 
| You(m) will  speak | 'inta hatkallimiicnta hatkallim |  إنت َ هـَتكـَلّـِم | 
| You(f) will  speak | 'inti hatkallimiiicnti hatkallimy |  إنت ِ هـَتكـَلّـِمي | 
| You(pl) will  speak | 'intu hatkallimuiicntoo hatkallimoo |  إنتوا هـَتكـَلّـِموا | 
| He/it(m) will  speak | huwa hayikallimhuwa hayikallim |  هـُو َ هـَيـِكـَلّـِم | 
| She/it(f) will  speak | hiya hatkallimhiya hatkallim |  هـِي َ هـَتكـَلّـِم | 
| They will  speak | humma hayikallimuhumma hayikallimoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِكـَلّـِموا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  speak! | kallimkallim |  كـَلّـِم | 
| You(f)  speak! | kallimikallimy |  كـَلّـِمي | 
| You(pl)  speak! | kallimukallimoo |  كـَلّـِموا |