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Verb details
Perfect
for actions that happened in the past
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  centred | 'ana wastantaacnaa wasTant |  أنا َ و َسطـَنت | 
| We  centred | 'ihna wastannaiicHnaa wasTannaa |  إحنا َ و َسطـَنّا | 
| You(m)  centred | 'inta wastantiicnta wasTant |  إنت َ و َسطـَنت | 
| You(f)  centred | 'inti wastantiiicnti wasTanty |  إنت ِ و َسطـَنتي | 
| You(pl)  centred | 'intu wastantuiicntoo wasTantoo |  إنتوا و َسطـَنتوا | 
| He/it(m)  centred | huwa wastanhuwa wasTan |  هـُو َ و َسطـَن | 
| She/it(f)  centred | hiya wastanithiya wasTanit |  هـِي َ و َسطـَنـِت | 
| They  centred | humma wastanuhumma wasTanoo |  هـُمّ َ و َسطـَنوا | 
Imperfect
used with modals (must, should, could, want to...
| English | Egyptian | 
| I might  centre | 'ana yimkin 'awastanaacnaa yimkin aacwasTan |  أنا َ يـِمكـِن أو َسطـَن | 
| We might  centre | 'ihna yimkin niwastaniicHnaa yimkin niwasTan |  إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِو َسطـَن | 
| You(m) might  centre | 'inta yimkin tiwastaniicnta yimkin tiwasTan |  إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَن | 
| You(f) might  centre | 'inti yimkin tiwastaniiicnti yimkin tiwasTany |  إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَني | 
| You(pl) might  centre | 'intu yimkin tiwastanuiicntoo yimkin tiwasTanoo |  إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَنوا | 
| He/it(m) might  centre | huwa yimkin yiwastanhuwa yimkin yiwasTan |  هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َسطـَن | 
| She/it(f) might  centre | hiya yimkin tiwastanhiya yimkin tiwasTan |  هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِو َسطـَن | 
| They might  centre | humma yimkin yiwastanuhumma yimkin yiwasTanoo |  هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِو َسطـَنوا | 
Bi-Imperfect
for actions happening now and habitual actions
| English | Egyptian | 
| I  centre | 'ana bawastanaacnaa bawasTan |  أنا َ بـَو َسطـَن | 
| We  centre | 'ihna binwastaniicHnaa binwasTan |  إحنا َ بـِنو َسطـَن | 
| You(m)  centre | 'inta bitwastaniicnta bitwasTan |  إنت َ بـِتو َسطـَن | 
| You(f)  centre | 'inti bitwastaniiicnti bitwasTany |  إنت ِ بـِتو َسطـَني | 
| You(pl)  centre | 'intu bitwastanuiicntoo bitwasTanoo |  إنتوا بـِتو َسطـَنوا | 
| He/it(m)  centres | huwa biyiwastanhuwa biyiwasTan |  هـُو َ بـِيـِو َسطـَن | 
| She/it(f)  centres | hiya bitwastanhiya bitwasTan |  هـِي َ بـِتو َسطـَن | 
| They  centre | humma biyiwastanuhumma biyiwasTanoo |  هـُمّ َ بـِيـِو َسطـَنوا | 
Ha-Imperfect
for actions that will happen in the future
| English | Egyptian | 
| I will  centre | 'ana hawastanaacnaa hawasTan |  أنا َ هـَو َسطـَن | 
| We will  centre | 'ihna haniwastaniicHnaa haniwasTan |  إحنا َ هـَنـِو َسطـَن | 
| You(m) will  centre | 'inta hatiwastaniicnta hatiwasTan |  إنت َ هـَتـِو َسطـَن | 
| You(f) will  centre | 'inti hatiwastaniiicnti hatiwasTany |  إنت ِ هـَتـِو َسطـَني | 
| You(pl) will  centre | 'intu hatiwastanuiicntoo hatiwasTanoo |  إنتوا هـَتـِو َسطـَنوا | 
| He/it(m) will  centre | huwa hayiwastanhuwa hayiwasTan |  هـُو َ هـَيـِو َسطـَن | 
| She/it(f) will  centre | hiya hatiwastanhiya hatiwasTan |  هـِي َ هـَتـِو َسطـَن | 
| They will  centre | humma hayiwastanuhumma hayiwasTanoo |  هـُمّ َ هـَيـِو َسطـَنوا | 
Imperative
telling somebody to do something
| English | Egyptian | 
| You(m)  centre! | wastanwasTan |  و َسطـَن | 
| You(f)  centre! | wastaniwasTany |  و َسطـَني | 
| You(pl)  centre! | wastanuwasTanoo |  و َسطـَنوا | 
Passive Participle
when something has been acted upon
| English | Egyptian | 
| He/it(m) is  centred | huwa mitwastanhuwa mitwasTan |  هـُو َ مـِتو َسطـَن | 
| She/it(f) is  centred | hiya mitwastanahiya mitwasTanaö |  هـِي َ مـِتو َسطـَنـَة | 
| They are  centred | humma mitwastaneenhumma mitwasTanyn |  هـُمّ َ مـِتو َسطـَنين |