Belinda Brianna

In Egyptian Arabic, Cairo is القاهرة (el-Qahira). In daily speech Egyptians often just say مصر (Masr), which is also the name of the whole country.

In Egyptian Arabic queen is ملكة (malika). It is the feminine of ملك (malik), “king”.

In Egyptian Arabic, the greeting for Christmas is عيد ميلاد مجيد (eid milad magid), used by Egypt’s Christian community.

The everyday “hi” in Egyptian Arabic is أهلاً (ahlan). Young people also say هاي (hāy), borrowed from English, and إزيك (izzayyak) asks “how are you”.

In Egyptian Arabic a star in the sky is نجمة (nigma). The plural is نجوم (nugūm).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘beautiful’ describing something masculine is جميل (gameel). Describing something feminine, it is جميلة (gamila).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘okay’ is ماشي (mashi). Just as common is تمام (tamam), ‘fine’ or ‘perfect’, used the same way to agree to something or accept a plan.

In Egyptian Arabic “right” meaning “correct” is صح (ṣaḥḥ). For the direction, “right” is يمين (yimīn).

In Egyptian Arabic, “boss” is ريس (rayyis) in everyday talk. At an office the formal word is مدير (mudir), “manager”.

In Egyptian Arabic, “brother” is أخ (akh). To say “my brother”, Egyptians use أخويا (akhuya).