Learning Egyptian dialect

[mvnr1]

if someone says ya rab
and then another person says "wa enta kaman"
and then another person says "wa enta tany"

what does this mean? I understand the meaning of these words, but when someone says ya rab (O Lord) what does it mean when other people respond with something like "wa enta kaman" and "wa enta tany"

it depends on context, u have to provide more context to get a more accurate answer

i guess in ur example that the person who said "ya rab" asks God for something good for the person he/she is speaking to, "ya rab" means "o God" or "please God", it's said when:
1- someone mentions God, in this case it means "o God"
2- someone asks God for something he/she wants
3- someone asks God that something someone else wants happens to him/her, for example person A wants a house so person B asks God that person A have this house, in this case if person B wants a house too person A would reply and say "we enta kaman" which means "u too" which is short of "i wish u have a house too"

so in ur example the 2nd person replies and says "wa enta kaman" which means "u too" which refers to that the 2nd person asks God too that the 1st person have this good thing too

as for the 3rd person who replies and says "wa enta tany" i don't know what he/she means, it literally means "and u again", i think there's no 3rd person probably the 1st person replies and says "wa enta tany" which means "and u again" for emphasis

[Zahra2008]

how do you say (female to male)

Your name is written in my hand
Your voice resonates in my mind everyday

thank you in advance!

[VivaPalestina]

how do you say (female to male)

thank you in advance!

I was going to ask you the other day what happened to your egyptian bonita

Your name is written in my hand
esmak maktob b2edaya
Your voice resonates in my mind everyday
sawtak byren fe 3a2li

[randa434]

no u can't use (a2wa) instead of (aktar) to express the comparative, for example:
Da saree3 aktar (This is faster)

but u can't say (da saree3 a2wa) to mean (this is faster)

thanks Dear mvnr1 , bs 3nadi soal tani leish ma mn2oul : " DA asra3 aktar "? according to what you said to make comparative wh have to put verb in "af3al",sa7?

[CZAREK2581]

thanks Dear mvnr1 , bs 3nadi soal tani leish ma mn2oul : " DA asra3 aktar "? according to what you said to make comparative wh have to put verb in "af3al",sa7?

Randa 7abebte u confused urself a lot with all this adjective stuff i guess.Let me shed some light on it.

As u know in Arabic, there are relative forms of adjectives that are used for both comparisons (ex. "bigger") and superlatives (ex. "best")


1. أفعل (af3al) - this is the most common form.

so relating to your sentence
ده\دا اسرع اكتر


سريع=اسرع
كتير-اكتر

adjective "asr3a" is already comparative,so u can't put 2 comparatives in one sentence

[randa434]

@czarek
aaaaaaaaah yes czarek kalamak 100% mazbout,halla2 fahemt ,thaaaaaaaaaaanks
momken sa3edni 3an ma3na hayde el 3ebara kamen?
أسمر يا اسمراني مين أساك عليه
لو ترضى بهواني برضه انت اللي ليه
ana befham kilme by kilme but ma befham the whole meaning

[CZAREK2581]

@czarek
aaaaaaaaah yes czarek kalamak 100% mazbout,halla2 fahemt ,thaaaaaaaaaaanks
momken sa3edni 3an ma3na hayde el 3ebara kamen?
أسمر يا اسمراني مين أساك عليه
لو ترضى بهواني برضه انت اللي ليه
ana befham kilme by kilme but ma befham the whole meaning

sure 7abebte

wow u choose Abd el-7alem 7afez

His songs are pretty difficult


Oh brown-haired guy ,oh hansome guy
who made so cruel to me[who gave me such a difficult time]
if u are pleased with loving me- u're still one for me

[Tear_drop]

بحلم اعدى الزمن فى نطه مش ضااامن :


طب وايه المشكله!! مش هو ده اللى المفروض يحصل!! لما يقولوا على المفتى ان زيارته للمسجد الاقصى كارثه والبعض يطلب منه التوبه على هذه الزياره.. خالينا سايبين المسجد الاقصى و القدس بهذه الطريقه

[Hoda]

Please could someone help me with this???

Help please, from female to male (Egyptian Arabic)

I hope your knee feels better soon.

Have you tried putting ice on it for five minutes then heat on it for five minutes alternate?

You need to do this for 20 minutes to half an hour every day.

take some pain killers and anti inflammatrys like diclofenac.

Make sure you rest it properly, dont put weight on it and no dancing or jumping about otherwise it will not get better and will make it worse.
the muscles will become weaker and it will do more damage and it will keep happening if you do not rest it properly.

Hopefully this should help much better.
Wish i could be there to look after you and make sure that you were resting.

Shokran guys )))))

[randa434]

hi a7baabi
may you please help me with these?
waist=weest?
or
weest= zonnar aw 7ezaam?

[Tear_drop]

مافيش حد بيتحكم في نفسه

^ can someone translate that and everything else here? where there is a arabic word with english word please tell me if my translation is correct or if im wrong .. thanx all.


.: من غير ماتقوليلي
.: على حسب التقاليد

.: أهم حاجة
.: مضيفة طيران

.: تعاون
collobaration

.: مجزرة
جزَّار
.: مجزرة = مدبح
.: hill هضبة
. عايزين يقطعوا العلاقة بين مصر ودول حوض النيل وكمان يمنعوا المية من المصريين
.: ناصر
.: فيكتوريا

.: بنستفاد
. . طمي
.: طين

.: شربنا المرّ bitter

تاهو

.: يحك

.: باقي مين؟
.: مطاردة
.: مخك سايب
.: انت بتهجم عليا كمان
.: أنت بتمثل
.: أنت مبتكلمش حد أساسا

[Zahra2008]

I was going to ask you the other day what happened to your egyptian bonita

You can say, now I am a busy woman!! ahahahah

thank you for the translation guapa!!

[linkin85ale]

translation please:

lie
like
hate
remember
forget
stay
sad
angry
cry

[CZAREK2581]

hi a7baabi
may you please help me with these?
waist=weest?
or
weest= zonnar aw 7ezaam?

If u're asking about word waist in Egyptian dialect-the one that i know
is وسط=wesT

ex:

sth below waist =حاجة تحت الوسط=Haga ta7t al-wesT
انا حطيت ايدي في وسطها-ana 7aTTeet edee fe-wesTha=I put my hand oh her hip

word زنار is distinctive belt or girdle, part of the clothing that Christians in Jerusalem allegedly wore in order to differentiate themselves from Muslims
حِزَام =is belt

[CZAREK2581]

translation please:
lie
like
hate
remember
forget
stay
sad
angry
cry

All verbs given for 3rd person present tense

lie=بيكذب=byekzeb
like=بيحبَّ=bye7ebb
hate=بيكره=byekrah
remember=بيفتكر=byefteker
forget=بينسى=byensa
stay=بيقعد=bye23ad(if u means staying somethere for some time in any place)
sad=زعلان\حزين=z3alaan\7azeen
angry=زعلان\غضبان=z3alaan\3'aDbaan
cry=بيبكي=byebke

[CZAREK2581]

مافيش حد بيتحكم في نفسه

^ can someone translate that and everything else here? where there is a arabic word with english word please tell me if my translation is correct or if im wrong .. thanx all.


.: من غير ماتقوليلي
.: على حسب التقاليد

.: أهم حاجة
.: مضيفة طيران

.: تعاون
collobaration

.: مجزرة
جزَّار
.: مجزرة = مدبح
.: hill هضبة
. عايزين يقطعوا العلاقة بين مصر ودول حوض النيل وكمان يمنعوا المية من المصريين
.: ناصر
.: فيكتوريا

.: بنستفاد
. . طمي
.: طين

.: شربنا المرّ bitter

تاهو

.: يحك

.: باقي مين؟
.: مطاردة
.: مخك سايب
.: انت بتهجم عليا كمان
.: أنت بتمثل
.: أنت مبتكلمش حد أساسا

Here is what i got


مافيش حد بيتحكم في نفسه

There is no one who keeps himself under control


^ can someone translate that and everything else here? where there is a arabic word with english word please tell me if my translation is correct or if im wrong .. thanx all.


.: من غير ماتقوليلي

Without telling me

.: على حسب التقاليد

According to traditions

.: أهم حاجة

The most important thing

.: مضيفة طيران
stewardess

.: تعاون
collobaration-correct

.: مجزرة
carnage, massacre

جزَّار
butcher

.: مجزرة = مدبح=butchery
.: hill هضبة=correct
. عايزين يقطعوا العلاقة بين مصر ودول حوض النيل وكمان يمنعوا المية من المصريين

We wanna cut the relationships off between Egypt and the countries (*around Nil river) and they prevent providing water from Egyptian’s also

.: ناصر=as a verb to suport,as a noun Granter of victory
.: فيكتوريا=victory(English word)

.: بنستفاد=we make use of\we benefit
. . طمي= alluvium, silt
.: طين=mud, clay

.: شربنا المرّ = literallywe drank bitter(here i guess) it means
We came across bad time

تاهو=they lost

.: يحك=he rubs off

.: باقي مين=who stayed?
.: مطاردة= chasing
.: مخك سايب=well it is kinds expression I cant think off any good translation
.: انت بتهجم عليا كمان=again u are fighting with me\against me
.: أنت بتمثل=u are acting
.: أنت مبتكلمش حد أساسا =basically u don’t talk to anyone

[Ghaly]

lie=بيكذب=byekzeb

Whoa, whoa! Stop!
I thought, "to lie" was an 'inherited' word in Egyptian, and thus, is not "kazab; bakzeb" بكذب ,كذب, but "kadab, bakdeb" بكدب ,كدب?

Example: Sherine Ahmad's song "Mategra7nesh", she says: "... w t2oul bakdeb 3aleik..."
(Note, that I use the 3rd person singular past AND 1st person singular present progressive)

[mvnr1]

.: مخك سايب=well it is kinds expression I cant think off any good translation

"مخك سايب" literally means "ur brain is loose", but it means something like "u r lunatic" or to refer to someone who doesn't make reasonable decisions

[mvnr1]

Whoa, whoa! Stop!
I thought, "to lie" was an 'inherited' word in Egyptian, and thus, is not "kazab; bakzeb" بكذب ,كذب, but "kadab, bakdeb" بكدب ,كدب?

Example: Sherine Ahmad's song "Mategra7nesh", she says: "... w t2oul bakdeb 3aleik..."
(Note, that I use the 3rd person singular past AND 1st person singular present progressive)

both (yekzeb) and (yekdeb) r correct

u r right concerning that the (ذ) (th) is sometimes pronounced (د) (d) in Egyptian Arabic, for example the word (ذيل) which means (tail) is pronounced (thail) in Standard Arabic and (del) in Egyptian Arabic

sometimes the (ذ) (th) is pronounced (ز) (z), for example the word (تلميذ) which means (student) is pronounced (telmeeth) in Standard Arabic and (telmeez) in Egyptian Arabic

but in case of the word (يكذب) which means (lie), both (yekzeb) and (yekdeb) r used

[VivaPalestina]

***Note To All ATL Users***

In reply to some concerns and a few complaints raised - could we keep this thread purely for the learning of the egyptian dialect? Please dont copy long msn/fb conversations here as the topics discussed arent always appropriate and this is not conductive to other people's learning atmosphere.

I apologise for any misunderstandings in advance, this post is not aimed at anyone, merely in reply to a few points raised by those translating. If you have such a long off-topic translation - not for learning purposes - please either post it in the misc translations thread, or if you believe it may have some crude content message any other member privately asking if they are willing to help.

And please please please, dont message multiple users with the same request, wait until they get back to you, either if they apologise that they cant help you, or if you dont hear from them then ask another. It is irritating when someone spends time attempting to translate something, only to find out its been sent to others.

Once again, I apologise if this post seems quite harsh, but we try to accommodate all. Thank you for your understanding.