Egyptian Arabic

“Rain” (future) in Egyptian Arabic

By Samar A.

In Egyptian Arabic, “Rain” (the verb, in the future tense) is written using the Latin script as:

Htmtr

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

هتمطر

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I don’t think it’ll rain.”

Mzonsh enha htmtr.

 .مظونش انها هتمطر

 
“It’ll rain tomorrow.”

Htmtr bokra.

.هتمطر بكرة

 
“Is it going to rain?”

El donia htmtr.

.الدنيا هتمطر

 
“It’s about to rain.”

Shklha htmtr.

.شكلها هتمطر

 
“We won’t go on a picnic if it rains tomorrow.”

E7na msh hnro7 ntfs7 lw el donia htmtr bokra.

.احنا مش هنروح نتفسح لو الدنيا هتمطر بكرة

 

Related words in Egyptian Arabic

“Rain” (noun) in Egyptian Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Rain” (future) in Tunisian Arabic
 

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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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