Speak Arabic Like An Egyptian

28 September 2014

Days of the Week standard arabic vs. Egyptian dialect أيام الإسبوع

12 June 2014

04 July 2013

ye-kh-reb bei-tec
يخرب بيتك

means "May God destroy your house"
Also on the milder end of the scale of insults Can be embellished by adding something like وبيت اللي خلّفوك (wa-beit kha-le-fouk), "and the house of those who gave birth to you!"
kh= خ

the Slogan of REVOLUTION

Ash-shaʻb yurid isqat an-nizam
الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
= the people want to bring down the regime
This is a political slogan associated with the Arab Spring , It was the most frequent slogan, both in graffiti and in chants in rallies, during the revolution in Egypt

15 November 2012

Greetings in Egyptian Arabic

Let's See...

in the morning:

from sunrise to noon

Good morning: صباح الخير (Sabah al-kheir)
Response: صباح النور (Sabah an-nūr)

There are more colloquial variants on صباح الخير/النور that you can use, like :

صباح القشطة (Sabah il-'ish-Taa - lit. morning of cream)
your resonse in this case may be: sabah el assal (morning of honey) or you can say sabah el nur .
صباح الفل (Sabah il-full - lit. morning of jasmine),
صباح الورد (sabah il-ward - lit. morning of rose).
They're a little "baladi" (i.e. used more by the rural and lower classes), but you can still use them to add some color to your speech.

27 June 2012

What?

إيه؟

ehh?

or just pronounce

''A''

ex:-

- what did you say?

قلت إيه؟

oltt ehh?

- what did you do?

عملت إيه؟

amaltt ehh?

26 June 2012

طربوش

Tarr-boush

Fashion Words

1-Dress

فستان

Fuu-ss-tan

2- Shoes

جذمة

Gaz-ma

3- Purse

شنطة

Shan-tta

4- Sewing machine

مكنة خياطة

maa-k-a-naa khe-yaa-ta

5-Tailoring

تفصيل

taff-sseel

25 June 2012

the vowel marks

06 December 2011

الانتخابات المصرية

the Egyptian Elections

الإنتخابات المصرية

al-ente-kha-batt El-mass-reya

كلمة جديدة...A New word

لازم
Lazem means must be or have to...
in standard arabic is " yageb يجب "
يجب عليك أن تذهب الآن
ya-geb alik an taz-hab al-aan
you must go now
in egyptian arabic is:

لازم تمشي دلوقتي
Lazem tem-shii del-wak-ty