Verb details

Word:	keepkeep
Meaning:	'ihtafiz biiicHtafiZ bi	إحتـَفـِظ بـِ

Perfect

for actions that happened in the past

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

Imperfect

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

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

Bi-Imperfect

for actions happening now and habitual actions

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

Ha-Imperfect

for actions that will happen in the future

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

Imperative

telling somebody to do something

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

Passive Participle

when something has been acted upon

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