Verb details

Word:	challaKallY	خـَلّى
Meaning:	keepkeep

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

English	Egyptian
I kept	'ana challeetaacnaa Kallyt	أنا َ خـَلّيت
We kept	'ihna challeenaiicHnaa Kallynaa	إحنا َ خـَلّينا
You(m) kept	'inta challeetiicnta Kallyt	إنت َ خـَلّيت
You(f) kept	'inti challeetiiicnti Kallyty	إنت ِ خـَلّيتي
You(pl) kept	'intu challeetuiicntoo Kallytoo	إنتوا خـَلّيتوا
He/it(m) kept	huwa challahuwa KallY	هـُو َ خـَلّى
She/it(f) kept	hiya challithiya Kallit	هـِي َ خـَلّـِت
They kept	humma challuhumma Kalloo	هـُمّ َ خـَلّوا

Imperfect

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

English	Egyptian
I might keep	'ana yimkin 'achalliaacnaa yimkin aacKally	أنا َ يـِمكـِن أخـَلّي
We might keep	'ihna yimkin nichalliiicHnaa yimkin niKally	إحنا َ يـِمكـِن نـِخـَلّي
You(m) might keep	'inta yimkin tichalliiicnta yimkin tiKally	إنت َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي
You(f) might keep	'inti yimkin tichalliiicnti yimkin tiKally	إنت ِ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي
You(pl) might keep	'intu yimkin tichalluiicntoo yimkin tiKalloo	إنتوا يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّوا
He/it(m) might keep	huwa yimkin yichallihuwa yimkin yiKally	هـُو َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَلّي
She/it(f) might keep	hiya yimkin tichallihiya yimkin tiKally	هـِي َ يـِمكـِن تـِخـَلّي
They might keep	humma yimkin yichalluhumma yimkin yiKalloo	هـُمّ َ يـِمكـِن يـِخـَلّوا

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

English	Egyptian
I keep	'ana bachalliaacnaa baKally	أنا َ بـَخـَلّي
We keep	'ihna binchalliiicHnaa binKally	إحنا َ بـِنخـَلّي
You(m) keep	'inta bitchalliiicnta bitKally	إنت َ بـِتخـَلّي
You(f) keep	'inti bitchalliiicnti bitKally	إنت ِ بـِتخـَلّي
You(pl) keep	'intu bitchalluiicntoo bitKalloo	إنتوا بـِتخـَلّوا
He/it(m) keeps	huwa biyichallihuwa biyiKally	هـُو َ بـِيـِخـَلّي
She/it(f) keeps	hiya bitchallihiya bitKally	هـِي َ بـِتخـَلّي
They keep	humma biyichalluhumma biyiKalloo	هـُمّ َ بـِيـِخـَلّوا

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

English	Egyptian
I will keep	'ana hachalliaacnaa haKally	أنا َ هـَخـَلّي
We will keep	'ihna hanchalliiicHnaa hanKally	إحنا َ هـَنخـَلّي
You(m) will keep	'inta hatchalliiicnta hatKally	إنت َ هـَتخـَلّي
You(f) will keep	'inti hatchalliiicnti hatKally	إنت ِ هـَتخـَلّي
You(pl) will keep	'intu hatchalluiicntoo hatKalloo	إنتوا هـَتخـَلّوا
He/it(m) will keep	huwa hayichallihuwa hayiKally	هـُو َ هـَيـِخـَلّي
She/it(f) will keep	hiya hatchallihiya hatKally	هـِي َ هـَتخـَلّي
They will keep	humma hayichalluhumma hayiKalloo	هـُمّ َ هـَيـِخـَلّوا

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

English	Egyptian
You(m) keep!	challiKally	خـَلّي
You(f) keep!	challiKally	خـَلّي
You(pl) keep!	challuKalloo	خـَلّوا