Egyptian Arabic

“Him” in Egyptian Arabic

By Samar A.

In Egyptian Arabic, “Him” (the pronoun) is written, as a suffix, using the Latin script as:

-o

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ه-

Listen to this suffix pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Call him.”

Klmo.

.كلمه

 
“Ask him.”

Es2lo.

.اساله

 
“We told him we’d be here.”

E7na 2olnalo enna hnb2a hna.

.احنا قولناله اننا هنبقى هنا

 
“Did you invite him, too?”

Enta 3zmto hwa kman?

انت عزمته هو كمان ؟

 
“Give him a glass of cold water.”

Edelo kobayet maya sa23a.

.اديله كوباية مية ساقعة

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

“He” in Egyptian Arabic

“Man”, “Men” in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Him” in Lebanese Arabic

“Him” in Tunisian Arabic

“Him” in Turkish
 

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Samar A. is an Egyptian citizen who has lived in Egypt for over 20 years. Her favourite movie is عسل اسود ("Black honey") which is about, as she writes, "[an] Egyptian man who immigrated to USA 20 years ago, and when he came to back to visit Egypt, he was fascinated by his country, and even after facing many problems in Egypt, he wanted to stay their till the rest of his life." She loves "all Egyptian food" and mentioned Mahshy, Koshary and Mlokhya as being amongst her favourites; And her favourite place in Egypt is along the Red Sea, noting that she likes much of the region but that Dahab is her favourite town.

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