Knowing how to discuss your schedule in Egyptian Arabic is important.
It lets you schedule stuff with your friends, talk about how busy you are, and discuss future plans.
Today we give you everything you need to do it fluently.
Let’s get started.
Vocabulary For Your Schedule in Egyptian Arabic
Let’s start with some of the most important vocabulary.
After that, we will move on to example sentences about scheduling things.
Schedule (noun). : gadwal.
.جدول
Plan (noun). : khetta.
.خطة
Plan (verb). : ykhatat.
.يخطط
Busy. : mashghool.
.مشغول
Appointment. : mo2abla.
.مقابلة
Date. : ma3ad.
.معاد
Meeting. : egtma3.
.اجتماع
Practice. : tamreen.
.تمرين
Before continuing with the example sentences, here are a few posts that might help you:
- How To Tell Time in Egyptian Arabic: Part 1
- How To Tell Time in Egyptian Arabic: Part 2
- 10 Ways To Say OK in Egyptian Arabic
Example Sentences For Your Schedule in Egyptian Arabic
If you want to talk about your schedule in Egyptian Arabic, here are some common sentences you might use. We will split our example sentences into shorter and longer sentences.
Start with the shorter ones, and try to progress to the longer, more difficult examples. 🙂
Shorter Example Sentences
What is your schedule this week? : eh gadwalak elesbo3 da?
ايه جدولك الاسبوع ده؟
They have a lot of things on their schedule every week. : 3andohom hagat kteer f gadwalhom kol esbo3.
.عندهم حاجات كتير في جدولهم كل اسبوع
What is your (female) plan for this week? : eh khetetk elesbo3 da?
ايه خططك الاسبوع ده؟
Do you have any plans tonight? : 3andak ay khetta belil?
عندك اي خطة بليل؟
Are you (male) going to do anything tonight? : hat3mel haga belil?
هتعمل حاجة بليل؟
Do you plan a lot of things every week? : btkhatat hat3ml eh kol esbo3?
بتخطط هتعمل ايه كل اسبوع؟
She is really busy all the time. : hya masghoola tol elwa2t.
.هي مشغولة طول الوقت
For more background on conjugating verbs, check out these two posts:
Longer Example Sentences
Alright – let’s move on to the difficult stuff!
There is not enough time to do everything I want. : mafesh wa2t a3mel kol haga ana 3ayzha.
.مفيش وقت اعمل كل حاجة انا عايزها
My friends and I are busy with school, so we don’t have time to see each other. : ana w so7aby mashghooleen belgam3a, f mafesh wa2t nshof ba3d.
.انا وصحابي مشغولين في الجامعة فمفيش وقت نشوف بعض
Do you have any important appointments this week? : 3andak ay mawa3ed mohema elesbo3 da?
عندك اي مواعيد مهمة الاسبوع ده؟
I still don’t know, I will check and get back to you. : mesh 3aref lesa, hashof w a2olak.
.مش عارف لسه، هشوف واقلك
I usually have a appointments of Tuesday. : ana ghaleban byb2a 3andi maw3eed yom eltalat.
.انا غالبا بيبقى عندي معاد يوم الثلاث
I have a weekly practice every Sunday evening. : 3andy tamreen kol esbo3 yom el7ad belil.
.انا عندي تمرين كل اسبوع يوم الحد بليل
Example Conversation About Your Schedule in Egyptian Arabic
Ok, time for an example conversation.
This is between a guy and a girl, with relevant voice notes included.
GUY: How are you Heba? What is your schedule like this week? : Ezayek ya heba, gadwlek 3amel eh elesbo3 da?
ازيك يا هبة، جدولك عامل ايه الاسبوع ده؟
GIRL: Well, I am always busy, I work five days a week and afterwards I see my friends after work. : ana masghola 3altol, bashtaghal khamas ayam w ba3den bashof sohabi ba3d elshoghl.
.انا مشغولة علطول، بشتغل خمس ايام وبعدين بشوف صحابي بعد الشغل
GUY: Sounds like you don’t have a lot of time at all. : mn elwade7 en ma3ndkesh wa2t khales.
.من الواضح ان معندكيش وقت خالص
GIRL: Yes, exactly. My schedule is usually very full every week. : belzabt, ghaleban byb2a gadwali malyan tol elesbo3.
.بالضبط، غالبا بيبقى جدولي مليان طول الاسبوع
GUY: What do you do during the weekend? : w bt3mli eh f elagaza akher elesbo3?
.وبتعملي ايه في الاجازة اخر الاسبوع.
GIRL: ٍSometimes I also make plans with my friends, but I also like to relax at home. : sa3at bakhrog ma3 sohaby bardo, bas sa3at ba7b arya7 f el beet, mohem awy.
.ساعات بخرج مع صحابي برضه بس بحب ساعات اريح في البيت
GUY: That’s an excellent plan! : de khetta momtaza!
.دي خطة ممتازة
Culture Corner
Putting all of what we mentioned about planning aside, the typical response you will get from Egyptians about plans is “Inshallah” or I “will check and come back to you”.
Egyptians are very chill when it comes to planning. They trust each others more than any system of planning.
In fact, Egyptians are so flexible with their plans that they tend to plan on short notice. This includes everything from small gatherings, all the way up to trips and even weddings. Its so common to receive an invitation to a wedding 2-3 weeks before the wedding.
“I will check and tell you tomorrow” is a typical response you will get from your friend when asking about tomorrow’s plans :). Check out our post on Egyptian time to understand what we’re talking about.
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Happy learning,
Cleo Lingo
