Egyptian Arabic Conversation 9: Water Bottle

Today we are back with Egyptian Arabic conversation 9.

In each Conversations post, we will provide you with:

1. a screenshot from an actual conversation between two Egyptians
2. the translation of each line of text, including English, Franco and Arabic script
3.  context on the conversation and further explanation

We think learning Egyptian Arabic from actual, authentic conversations between Egyptians is both fun and effective. We hope you like it too!

Let’s get started with Egyptian Arabic Conversation 9: Water Bottle.

Egyptian Arabic Conversation 9: Water Bottle

As always, we will start out with a few screenshots of a WhatsApp conversation in Egyptian Arabic.

The conversation is in Franco, but we put the actual Arabic below.

Before getting started with this Conversations post, be sure to check out our post on writing in Franco Arabic. 

Egyptian Arabic Conversation 9: Translation

Hey dude, listen up, I wanna buy a water bottle, mine was broken. : Ba2olak eh, ayz agzb ezazet maya alshan bta3ty etkasarat.

.بقولك ايه، عايز اجيب ازازة ماية علشان بتاعتي اتكسرت

How big do you want it? : 3ayzha ad eh?

عايزها قد ايه؟

Big, at least one and half liters. : Kbera, liter w nos 3al a2al.

.كبيرة، لتر ونص على الاقل

There is a good one on Amazon that is on sale, I will send you a link. : F wahda helwa 3ala amazon w 3aleha takhfeed, hab3tlak link.

.في واحدة حلوة على امازون و عليها تخفيض ، هبعتلك لينك

Thanks Samuello. : Teslam ya samuello.

.تسلم يا صامويللو

Egyptian Arabic Conversation 9: Important Vocabulary

Ba2olak eh… / .بقولك ايه

This is a great phrase to start a sentence in Egyptian Arabic.

We cover this phrase in one of our Conversations posts.

Check it out.

3al a2al. / على الاقل

This can be used in most contexts to mean “at least.”

hab3tlak link. / .هبعتلك لينك

A few things here.

The word hab3tlak (هبعتلك) is the word for “send” with the letter ه at the very beginning. This is how you show the Egyptian Arabic future tense. 

Also, the word for “link” in Egyptian Arabic is just link (with an Egyptian Arabic accent).

Teslam. / .تسلم

While “thanks / thank you” is usually shokran, there are many ways to say thank you in Egyptian Arabic.

Teslam is one of the most common.

Context + Further Explanation

Pretty straightforward conversation here.

A guy wants a water bottle, and his friend is helping him choose one. 

One thing of note, though: delivery can be difficult in Egypt.

While there are numerous companies you can use, Amazon isn’t always the most reliable within Egypt.

Something to think about!

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Happy learning,

Cleo Lingo