“New year” in Egyptian Arabic

In Egyptian Arabic, “New year” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

(f) Sana gdida

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سنة جديدة (f)

Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
Happy New Year to you!

(m) Kol sana wenta taib!

(f) Kol sana wenty taiba!

!كل سنة و انت طيب (m)

(f) كل سنة و انتي طيبة!

 
We celebrate the new year with fireworks.

Bn7tfl b el sana el gdida b el swari5.

.بنحتفل بالسنة الجديدة بالصواريخ

 
The new year starts tomorrow!

El sana el gdida htbd2 bokra!

!السنة الجديدة هتبدأ بكرة

 
We are going to buy a house in the new year.

E7na hnshtry bet f el sana el gdida.

.إحنا هنشتري بيت في السنة الجديدة

 
She made a resolution for the new year.

Hya 5dt krar l el sana el gdida.

.هي خدت قرار للسنة الجديدة

 

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“New year” in Lebanese Arabic

“New year” in Tunisian Arabic

“New year” in Turkish

 

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