04 July 2013

يخرب بيتك (swearword)

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