Egyptian Arabic III

Sa3aat

hours, sometimes

Emta

When

Sha2y

naughty

Momken

possible or can

lel asaf

unfortunately

3emaam

Uncles

Ba3mel

To do or to make

Belnesba le

according to me

elsheta

Winter

elsaif

summer

za7ma

crowded

Awy

very

gedan

very

hedeya

gift

7adeeqa

park

genena

park

Nedeef(a)

clean

Wese5

Dirty

Gazma

Shoes, also “pissed off”

Badry

Early

Agaaza

Weekend (or “weekend)

2olayel

few, little

a2al

Fewer

Keteer(A)

A lot, many

Aktar

more, most

el 7orouf

letters

menain

from where

BAmshy

walking

BA5rog

To go out

BAshouf

Watching

Maksouf(a)

Shy

Bas2al

To ask

Saba7 el5er

Good morning

Saba7 elnour

Good morning (literally light morning)

Sa3aat

sometimes

aw7ash

worse

Lewa7d(y, ak, etc)

By myself, by yourself, etc

ma3 ba3d

together

Lewa7dy, Lewa7dak

I’m alone, you’re alone (etc)

BAs2al

To ask

kaam sana

How old are you? (how many year do you have)

7edashar

11

3eshreen

20

Madina

City

3an

About

wesT elbalad

Downtown, wist= center

Bazour

Visit

aa5er

Last

aHly

family

El7ad

Sunday

Eletnain

Monday

Eltalaat

Tuesday

ElArba3

Wednesday

El5amess

Thursday

Elgom3a

Friday

Elsabt, (essabt)

Saturday

BAghany

Sing

BAsma3

Listen

Ba2oul, Ba2oul le

Driving, drive to

BAsma3

Listen, hear

BAkteb

Write

BAwsal

I arrive

BArga3

I return

BA2abel

Meet

BAftar

I eat breakfast (2 ways)

BAtghadda

Eat lunch (2 ways)

Basou2 le

Drive to

BA2akell

Feed

Ba5roug ma3

Go out with, hang out with

BAshtery

Buy

Batmasha

Taking a walk

BAtmarran

To exercise, work out

Batesel be

call (whomever)

Momken

can, could, maybe

laazem

should, must, have to

3ashaan

in order to, because