“Change” (money) in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, “Change” (the noun, as in a small denomination of money) is written using the Latin script as:

Fakah

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

فكه

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Do you have any change on you?”

Fe ay fakah 3lek?

  في اي فكه عليك؟

 
“Keep the change.”

5le el ba2e.

.خلي الباقي

 
“I don’t have any change.”

Ana m3e4 ay fakah.

.انا معيش اي فكه

 
“Here’s some change.”

De 4ewayet fakah.

.دي شوية فكه

 
“I’ll check if I have change.”

Ana hat2kd lw m3aya fakah.

.انا هتأكد لو معايا فكه

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Change” (money) in Tunisian Arabic