Kelsey Grace

In Egyptian Arabic, “daughter” is بنت (bint). To say “my daughter”, use بنتي (binti). بنت (bint) also means “girl”, so بنتي (binti) is clear from the “my”.

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘good morning’ is صباح الخير (sabah el-kheir). The standard reply is صباح النور (sabah en-nour).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘bye’ is مع السلامة (ma’a el-salama).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘cat’ is قطة (qitta).

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘dad’ is بابا (baba). أبويا (abuya) is just as common in daily speech, especially when talking about your father to someone else.

In Egyptian Arabic, butterfly is فراشة (farasha). The plural is فراشات (farashat).

To tell someone to stop doing something in Egyptian Arabic you say كفاية (kifāya), which means “enough”.

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘sit’ as a command to a man is اقعد (i’ood).

In Egyptian Arabic the name Michael is most often written مايكل (māykel) when it follows the English form.

The everyday word for “thanks” in Egyptian Arabic is شكرا (shukran). Many people also say ميرسي (mērsi), borrowed from French.