Verb details

Word:	retainretain
Meaning:	'ihtafiz biiicHtafiZ bi	إحتـَفـِظ بـِ

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I retained	'ana 'ihtafazitaacnaa iicHtafaZit	أنا َ إحتـَفـَظـِت
We retained	'ihna 'ihtafazinaiicHnaa iicHtafaZinaa	إحنا َ إحتـَفـَظـِنا
You(m) retained	'inta 'ihtafazitiicnta iicHtafaZit	إنت َ إحتـَفـَظـِت
You(f) retained	'inti 'ihtafazitiiicnti iicHtafaZity	إنت ِ إحتـَفـَظـِتي
You(pl) retained	'intu 'ihtafazituiicntoo iicHtafaZitoo	إنتوا إحتـَفـَظـِتوا
He/it(m) retained	huwa 'ihtafazhuwa iicHtafaZ	هـُو َ إحتـَفـَظ
She/it(f) retained	hiya 'ihtafazithiya iicHtafaZit	هـِي َ إحتـَفـَظـِت
They retained	humma 'ihtafizuhumma iicHtafiZoo	هـُمّ َ إحتـَفـِظوا

Imperfect

used with modals (must, should, could, want to...

English	Egyptian
I might retain	'ana yimkin 'ahtafizaacnaa yimkin aacHtafiZ	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أحتـَفـِظ
We might retain	'ihna yimkin nihtafiziicHnaa yimkin niHtafiZ	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِحتـَفـِظ
You(m) might retain	'inta yimkin tihtafiziicnta yimkin tiHtafiZ	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَفـِظ
You(f) might retain	'inti yimkin tihtafiziiicnti yimkin tiHtafiZy	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَفـِظي
You(pl) might retain	'intu yimkin tihtafizuiicntoo yimkin tiHtafiZoo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَفـِظوا
He/it(m) might retain	huwa yimkin yihtafizhuwa yimkin yiHtafiZ	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَفـِظ
She/it(f) might retain	hiya yimkin tihtafizhiya yimkin tiHtafiZ	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِحتـَفـِظ
They might retain	humma yimkin yihtafizuhumma yimkin yiHtafiZoo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِحتـَفـِظوا

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I retain	'ana bahtafizaacnaa baHtafiZ	أنا َ بـَحتـَفـِظ
We retain	'ihna binihtafiziicHnaa biniHtafiZ	إحنا َ بـِنـِحتـَفـِظ
You(m) retain	'inta bitihtafiziicnta bitiHtafiZ	إنت َ بـِتـِحتـَفـِظ
You(f) retain	'inti bitihtifiziiicnti bitiHtifiZy	إنت ِ بـِتـِحتـِفـِظي
You(pl) retain	'intu bitihtafizuiicntoo bitiHtafiZoo	إنتوا بـِتـِحتـَفـِظوا
He/it(m) retains	huwa biyihtafizhuwa biyiHtafiZ	هـُو َ بـِيـِحتـَفـِظ
She/it(f) retains	hiya bitihtafizhiya bitiHtafiZ	هـِي َ بـِتـِحتـَفـِظ
They retain	humma biyihtafizuhumma biyiHtafiZoo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِحتـَفـِظوا

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will retain	'ana hahtafizaacnaa haHtafiZ	أنا َ هـَحتـَفـِظ
We will retain	'ihna hanihtafiziicHnaa haniHtafiZ	إحنا َ هـَنـِحتـَفـِظ
You(m) will retain	'inta hatihtafiziicnta hatiHtafiZ	إنت َ هـَتـِحتـَفـِظ
You(f) will retain	'inti hatihtafiziiicnti hatiHtafiZy	إنت ِ هـَتـِحتـَفـِظي
You(pl) will retain	'intu hatihtafizuiicntoo hatiHtafiZoo	إنتوا هـَتـِحتـَفـِظوا
He/it(m) will retain	huwa hayihtafizhuwa hayiHtafiZ	هـُو َ هـَيـِحتـَفـِظ
She/it(f) will retain	hiya hatihtafizhiya hatiHtafiZ	هـِي َ هـَتـِحتـَفـِظ
They will retain	humma hayihtafizuhumma hayiHtafiZoo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِحتـَفـِظوا

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

English	Egyptian
You(m) retain!	'ithafiziictHafiZ	إتحـَفـِظ
You(f) retain!	'ithafiziiictHafiZy	إتحـَفـِظي
You(pl) retain!	'ithafizuiictHafiZoo	إتحـَفـِظوا

Passive Participle

when something has been acted upon

English	Egyptian
He/it(m) is retained	huwa muhtafizhuwa muHtafiZ	هـُو َ مـُحتـَفـِظ
She/it(f) is retained	hiya muhtafizahiya muHtafiZaö	هـِي َ مـُحتـَفـِظـَة
They are retained	humma muhtafizeenhumma muHtafiZyn	هـُمّ َ مـُحتـَفـِظين