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Learning the Egyptian Phrases is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Egyptian language. But first we need to know what the role of Phrases is in the structure of the grammar in Egyptian.
Egyptian phrases are a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. Here are some examples:
English Phrases | Egyptian Phrases |
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Phrases | |
hello | ahela - أهلا |
bye | me3 aleselama / selam - مع السلامة/ سلام |
congratulations | meberok - مبروك |
sorry | asef - آسف |
really | fe3lan - فعلا |
Notice the structure of the Phrases in Egyptian.
Below is a list of the phrases and daily expressions in Egyptian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Egyptian vocabulary.
English Phrases | Egyptian Phrases |
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Plural | gueme3 - جمع |
my book | ketabi - كِتابي |
my books | ketebi - كتبي |
our daughter | beneti - بِنتي |
our daughters | benatna - بناتـْنا |
I'm cold | ana bardan - أنا بَرْدان |
we're cold | a7ena beredanin - احنا بردانـِين |
his chickens | ferakhoh - فِراخـُه |
their chicken | ferakhehom - فِراخهُم |
Feminine | |
he is happy | ho mabsot - هو مَبْسوط |
she is happy | hi mabsota - هي مَبْسوطة |
he is American | ho amriki - هو أمْريكي |
she is American | hi amerikya - هي أمريكية |
I can accept that | ana memeken a2ebel da / di - أنا ممكن أقبل دا/دي |
she added it | dafeteh- dafeteha - ضافِته- ضافِتها |
we admit it | ne3eteref bekeda - نِعترف بكدة |
they advised him | nasa7oh - نـَصَحوه |
I can agree with that | ana memeken awafe2 3ela da - أنا ممكن أوافِق على دا |
she allows it | seme7et beda - سمحِت بدا |
we announce it | a3elanah - أعلاناه |
I can apologize | memeken a3etezer - ممكن أعتذر |
she appears today | zaheret alenehareda - ظـَهرِت النهاردة |
they arranged that | nezamwa da - نظـَموا دا |
I can arrive tomorrow | ana memeken awsal bokera - أنا ممكن أوصَل بُكرة |
she can ask him | memeken tesaloh - ممكن تِسألُه |
she attaches that | |
we attack them | beneheguem 3elihem - بنهجم عليهم |
they avoid her | biteguaneboha - بيتجـَنـبوها |
I can bake it | memeken akhebezeha - ممكن اخبزها |
she is like him | hi zyoh - هي زيُه |
we beat it | benederebeh / ha - بنضربه/ ها |
they became happy | hem be2wa mebesotin - هم بقوا مبسوطين |
I can begin that | memeken abeda da / di - ممكن أبدأ دا/دي |
we borrowed money | asetelefna felos - استلفـْنا فلوس |
they breathe air | bitenefeswa hwa - بيتنفسوا هوا |
I can bring it | memeken aguibeha - ممكن أجيبها |
I can build that | memeken abeniha - ممكن ابنيها |
she buys food | beteshetereshi akel - بتشترشي أكل |
we calculate it | 7asabnaha - حَسَبْناها |
they carry it | bishiloha - بيشيلوها |
they don't cheat | mabigheshosh - مابيغشوش |
she chooses him | akhetareteh - أختارته |
we close it | 2efelenaha - قفلناها |
he comes here | gueh hena - جه هنا |
I can compare that | memeken a2aren da / di - ممكن اقارن دا/دي |
she competes with me | betetenafes me3aya - بتتنافس معايا |
we complain about it | beneshteki meneh / meneha - بنشـْتِكي منه/ منها |
they continued reading | kemelwa 2eraya - كملوا قراية |
he cried about that | 3it 3ela da - عيط على دا |
I can decide now | memeken a2erer delo2eti - ممكن اقرر دلوقتي |
she described it to me | osafeteh / osafetha lya - وصَفِته/ وصَفِـتـْها ليا |
we disagree about it | akhetelafena 3elih / 3eliha - اختلافنا عليه/ عليها |
they disappeared quickly | akhetefwa besere3a - اختفوا بسرعة |
I discovered that | aketeshefet da / di - اكتشفت دا/دي |
she dislikes that | mabete7ebesh da / di - مابتحِبش دا/ دي |
we do it | bene3emeleh / bene3emeleha - بنعمله / بنعملها |
they dream about it | bi7elemwa bih / biha - بيحلموا بيه /بيها |
I earned | kesbet - كِسْبت |
he eats a lot | byakel ketir - بياكل كتير |
we enjoyed that | asetemete3ena bih / biha - استمتعنا بيه / بيها |
they entered here | dekhelwa hena - دخلوا هنا |
he escaped that | hereb meneh / meneha - هرب منه / منها |
I can explain that | memeken ashere7 da / di - ممكن أشرح دا/دي |
she feels that too | bete7es bekeda beredo - بتحس بكدة برضو |
we fled from there | herebena men henak - هربنا من هناك |
they will fly tomorrow | hisaferwa bekera - هيسافروا بكرة |
I can follow you | ameshi orak / ki - امشي وراك/ كي |
she forgot me | nesiteni - نسيتني |
we forgive him | nesinah - نسيناه |
I can give her that | memeken adiha da / di - ممكن اديها دا /دي |
she goes there | betero7 henak - بتروح هناك |
we greeted them | 7ainahom - حَيناهُم |
I hate that | bakreh da / di - بَكْره دا/دي |
I can hear it | memeken aseme3eh / aseme3eha - ممكن اسمعه/ اسمعها |
she imagine that | tekhilet da / di - تخيلت دا/دي |
we invited them | 3ezemenahem - عزمناهم |
I know him | 3arefah - عارفاه |
she learned it | at3elemethaa - اتــْعلِمِتـْهَا |
we leave now | mashiin delo2eti - ماشيين دلوقتي |
they lied about him | kedebwa 3elih - كدبوا عليه |
I can listen to that | memeken aseme3 da - ممكن اسمع دا |
she lost that | di3eteh / ha - ضيعته/ ها |
we made it yesterday | 3emelenaha amebare7 - عملناها امبارح |
they met him | 2abeloh - قابلوه |
I misspell that | asetehegueteha ghelet - استهجتها غلط |
I always pray | daiman beseli - دايمًا بصلي |
she prefers that | fedalet da / di - فضَلِت دا/دي |
we protected them | 7amanahom - حَمَناهُم |
they will punish her | hene3a2ebeha - هنعاقبها |
I can put it there | memeken a7eteha henak - ممكن احطها هناك |
she will read it | hete2erah / ha - هتقراه/ها |
we received that | asetelemenah / ha - استلمناه/ها |
they refuse to talk | refedwa itekelemwa - رفضوا يتكلموا |
I remember that | bafeteker da / di - بافتكر دا/ دي |
she repeats that | kereret da / di - كررت دا/دي |
we see it | beneshofeh / ha - بنشوفه/ها |
they sell it | bibe3oh / ha - بيبعوه/ها |
I sent that yesterday | be3et da / di amebare7 - بعت دا/دي امبارح |
he shaved his beard | 7ele2 de2eneh - حلق دقنه |
it shrunk quickly | betekesh besere3a / bikesh besere3a - بتكش بسرعة/ بيكِش بسرعة |
we will sing it | henegheniha - هنغنيها |
they sat there | 2e3edwa henak - قعدوا هناك |
I can speak it | memeken atekelemeha - ممكن اتكلمها |
she spends money | beteseref felos - بتصرف فلوس |
we suffered from that | 3aanina men da - عَانينا من دا |
they suggest that | a2etere7wa da - اقترحوا دا |
I surprised him | feguateh - فجأته |
she took that | khedet da / di - خدت دا/ دي |
we teach it | bendaresha - بنـْدَرِّسْها |
they told us | 2aletelena - قالتلنا |
she thanked him | shekeretoh - شكرتـُه |
I can think about it | memeken afeker fiha - ممكن افكر فيها |
she threw it | remeteh / remeteha - رمته/ رمتها |
we understand that | fahemin da / di - فاهمين دا/دي |
they want that | 3aizin da / di - عايزين دا/دي |
I can wear it | memeken alebeseha / alebeseh - ممكن البسها/ البسه |
she writes that | hi katabet da / di - هي كَتـَبـِت دا/ دي |
we talk about it | atekelemena 3eneha / 3eneh - اتكلمنا عنها/عنه |
they have it | hi 3enedehem - هي عندهم |
I watched it | atefereguet 3elih / 3eliha - اتفرجت عليه/عليها |
I will talk about it | hetekelem 3eneh / 3eneha - هتكلم عنه/عنها |
he bought that yesterday | asheterah / ha emebare7 - اشتراه/ها إمبارح |
we finished it | khelesenah / khelesenaha - خلصناه/خلصناها |
Prepositions | |
inside the house | guoh alebit - جوه البيت |
outside the car | bereh ale3erebya - بره العربية |
with me | me3aya - معايا |
without him | men ghireh - من غيره |
under the table | te7et aleterebiza - تحت التربيزة |
after tomorrow | be3ed bekera - بعد بكرة |
before sunset | 2ebel gherob aleshemes - قبل غروب الشمس |
but I'm busy | bes ana mesheghol - بس أنا مشغول |
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