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Egyptian Arabic Grammar

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Andوَ[we]
Underتحت[that]
Beforeقبل[abl]
Afterبعد[ba'd]
Insideجوه[guwa]
Outsideبرة[barra]
Withمع[ma'a]
Butبس[bas]
Forل[le]
Fromمن[men ]
Toل[le]
Inفي[fe]

Questions and Adverbs

What?إيه؟[eeh?]
Who?مِين؟[meen?]
How?إزّاي؟[ezay?]
Why?ليه؟[leeh?]
Where?فين؟[feen?]
Neverأبدًا[abadan]
Rarelyنادرًا[naderan]
Sometimesأحيانـًا[ahyanan]
Usuallyعادًة[adatan]
Alwaysدايماً[dayman]
Veryجداَ[gedan]
Iأنا[ana]
Youإنتَ, إنتِ[enta, enti]
Heهُوَّا[huwa]
Sheهِيَّا[hiya]
Weاِحْنا[ehna]
Theyهُمَّا[humma]
Myــــي[~ee]
Yourــــَك[~k]
Hisــــُه[~h]
Herــــها[~ha]
Ourــــنا[~na]
Theirــــهم[~hum]

Grammar in a sentence

I speak Englishأنا بَتكَلِّم إنجليزي[ana batkalem egelizi]
You speak Frenchإنت بِتِتكَلِّم فَرَنساوي[enta betetkalem faransawi]
He speaks Germanهُوَّا بِيتكَلِّم ألماني[huwa beyetkalem almani]
She speaks Italianهِيَّا بِتِتكَلِّم إيطالي[hiya betetkalem itali]
I visited Franceأنا زُرت فَرَنسا[ana zurt faransa]
I will drink milkأنا حاشرَب لَبَن[ana hashrab laban]
I understand youأنا فاهمَك[ana fahmak]
I don't understand youأنا مِش فاهمَك[ana mesh fahmak]
I don't speak Frenchأنا مَبَتكَلِمش فَرَنساوي[ana mabatkalemsh faransawi]
This is my houseدا بِيتي[da bete]
That restaurant is farالمَطعَم اللي هِناك بِعيد[elmat'am elli henak be'ed]
No problemمَفيش مُشكِلَة[mafeesh mushkila]

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