Kelsey Grace

In Egyptian Arabic, ‘ok’ is تمام (tamam). تمام confirms that something is fine, done or understood.

In Egyptian Arabic a shower is دش (dush). To take one, Egyptians say آخد دش (ākhud dush). The word دش (dush) is the normal everyday choice.

In Egyptian Arabic you call a man حبيبي (ḥabībi) and a woman حبيبتي (ḥabībti), both meaning “my love” or “sweetheart”.

In Egyptian Arabic, “a little bit” is شوية (shwayya). To say a small piece of something, use حتة صغيرة (hetta soghayyara).

In Egyptian Arabic head is راس (rās). The standard spelling is رأس, but the glottal stop is not pronounced in Egyptian speech.

In Egyptian Arabic, “go to hell” is روح في داهية (ruh fi dahya), “go into a calamity”. A stronger form is غور في ستين داهية (ghour fi setteen dahya).

The Egyptian Arabic word for “sand” is رمل (raml). With the article it is الرمل (er-raml).

In Egyptian Arabic, “go” as a command is روح (ruh) to a man and روحي (ruhi) to a woman. يلا (yalla) means “let us go”.

In Egyptian Arabic the moon is قمر (ʾamar). The crescent moon is هلال (hilāl). قمر also works as a compliment.

The usual Arabic word for a goddess, also understood in Egypt, is إلهة (ilāha). A more literary choice is ربة (rabba).